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"Scribbled into Existence." Asemic writing exhibit featured on The New Post-Literate: A Gallery of Asemic Writing blog. 22 December 2015.
"A Geometry Long Forgotten." The Light Ekphrastic. November 2015.
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“The Names of Nature: Exercises in Naming the Natural World.” Teaching Guide for The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, & the Natural World. Eds. Lauret E. Savoy and Alison Hawthorne Deming. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2015.
“Cooling the Geopolitical to Warm the Ecological: How Human-Induced Warming Phenomena Transformed Modern Horror.” Eco-Trauma Cinema (Routledge Advances in Film Studies). Ed. Anil Narine. New York: Routledge Books, 2015. Pgs. 207-230. Print.
“Not in Joyzee Anymore.” We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom. Eds. Anne H. Charity Hudley and Christine Mallinson. New York: Teachers College Press, 2014. Pgs. 90-94. Print.
“Stacy Alaimo, Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self.” Book Review. HyperRhiz: New Media Cultures.1.0. Fall 2013.
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“Rejecting Everything: Gun Crazy and the Radical Noir of Joseph H. Lewis.” The Films of Joseph H. Lewis. Ed. Gary D. Rhodes. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2012. pgs. 223-241. Print.
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"The witch eating snakes..." The Light Ekphrastic. May 2012.
"Son. We enter the woods..." The Light Ekphrastic. May 2012.
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“Ronald Reagan and the Rhetoric of Traveling Back to the Future: The Zemeckis Aesthetic as Revisionist History and Conservative Fantasy.” The Worlds of Back to the Future: Critical Essays on the Films. Ed. Sorcha Ni Fhlainn. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2010. pgs. 174-194. Print.
"Squanto: The Ultimate Guide.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. November 24, 2009.
"In from the Fog: Monstrous Fishermen in Popular Culture.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. October 29, 2009.
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"A Beatnik Tuna (Fish).” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. September 9, 2009.
"Oceans of Fear.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. August 14, 2009.
"Snagged by Bishop -- Hook, Line, & Sinker.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. June 24, 2009.
"Missing the Boat while 'Fishing with John' (Lurie).” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. April 30, 2009.
"The Jester in the Fisherman.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. April 1, 2009.
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"Les Claypool: Where Fish Congregate.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. February 23, 2009.
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"Presidential Angling.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. December 9, 2008.
“Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” The Beatles’ White Album 40th Anniversary. PopMatters.com.
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"Getting the Creeps from the Deep.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. October 30, 2008.
“Home Is Where the Zombies Are.” Night of the Living Dead 40th Anniversary. PopMatters.com. 27 October 2008.
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"The Poetry of Fishing: James A. Emanuel. ” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. August 27, 2008.
"Dementia 13 (1963)." Classic-Horror. August 7, 2008.
"You Only Live Once." CTEQ Annotations. Senses of Cinema. August 2008. Issue no. 48.
"Myth-Making Dolphins. ” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. July 10, 2008.
"The Reel Creel. ” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. April 30, 2008.
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"Shad: An Undeniably American Icon. ” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. March 27, 2008.
"Faust (1926)." Classic-Horror. March 14, 2008.
"Trout Fishing in America. ” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. February 22, 2008.
“Edgar G. Ulmer: The Godfather of Sexploitation?”. Edgar G. Ulmer: Detour on Poverty Row. Ed. Gary D. Rhodes. London: McFarland, 2008. pgs. 25-40. Print.
"Some Thoughts on the Holiday Season's Uber Pop Icon." The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. December 21, 2007.
“Hooked by Antique Lures.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. November 27, 2007.
"Fishing, Fathers, and Sons.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. November 2, 2007.
"Fleischer." Slow Trains Literary Journal. Volume VII. Issue 2. Fall 2007.
"Dead Heart." CTEQ Annotations. Senses of Cinema. November 2007. Issue no. 47.
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“Golden Rule #8 - Musings on the Ethics of Contemporary Journalism.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. September 20, 2007.
“Beware the Kraken from the Deep.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. September 14, 2007.
“The Campus Beat #7: Reflections on Student Media: There's Nothing New About the News.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. September 3, 2007.
“Golden Rule #7 -Musings on the Ethics of Contemporary Journalism.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. August 14, 2007.
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"Giant Catfish...Only a Noodle Away.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. August 1, 2007.
“The Campus Beat #6: Reflections on Student Media.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. August 1, 2007.
“Black Sabbath: War Pigs.” Say It Loud! 65 Great Protest Songs. PopMatters.com. July 17, 2007.
“Golden Rule #6 - To Catch a Predator.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. July 17, 2007.
“Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit.” Say It Loud! 65 Great Protest Songs. PopMatters.com. July 16, 2007.
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“The Campus Beat #5: Reflections on Student Media.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. July 3, 2007.
"Predatory Nature." The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. June 29, 2007.
“Golden Rule #5 - Musings on the Ethics of Contemporary Journalism.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. June 19, 2007.
"John Carpenter: Fear is Just the Beginning (2002)." Classic-Horror. May 30, 2007.
“Golden Rule #4 - Musings on the Ethics of Contemporary Journalism.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. May 24, 2007.
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“The Campus Beat #3: Reflections on Student Media.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. May 16, 2007.
“Golden Rule #3 - Musings on the Ethics of Contemporary Journalism.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. May 10, 2007.
“The Campus Beat #2: Reflections on Student Media.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. April 30, 2007.
"The King of Crabs." The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. April 23, 2007.
“Golden Rule #2 - Musings on the Ethics of Contemporary Journalism.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. April 17, 2007.
“The Campus Beat #1: Reflections on Student Media.” Sources Say. PopMatters.com. April 10, 2007.
"Ed Zern: The Fisher King of Droll.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. April 3, 2007.
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“The Coelacanth: Defying Extinction and Celebrating the Strange.” The Tackle Box. PopMatters.com. February 26, 2007.
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Staff Writer, The News Transcript. January-November, 1994. During this time, I worked as a staff writer for The News Trascript, a weekly newspaper in Monmouth County, New Jersey. I wrote well over 100 news stories during that time. My work also appeared in The Sentinel, The Examiner, The Suburban, and The Independent, all affiliated weeklies.