Update! As of February 2008, I’ll be the communications coordinator for EqualityMaine in Portland, ME. (My job involves writing words, not fixing phones… at least not yet.) I’m also striving for hilarity over at Comedy Central’s Indecision 2008 blog (but we post anonymously, so please just assume the really funny ones are mine). Update #2! As of the end of March, I have my own category. For previous hilarity, please go back to assuming the really funny ones are mine.
Freelance Writing
asap @ the Associated Press
Five Canadian Bands to Watch
The Secret Machines: We are the Audience
BUST
Easy Riders (.pdf, 5MB.)
Encore Magazine
Different Drummer: The Knitting Factory
Touch of Class: The Cafe Carlyle
Downtown Hip: Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction
KGB Bar Lit
No Kilts: Alan Bissett and Rodge Glass
On A Clear Night You Can Read Forever
Review: Cris Beam’s Transparent
LOST Magazine
The Things We Make
Musicology (with Bryan Bruchman)
Metromix New York
CMJ 2007 Live Coverage Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5
Year in Music 2007
Live review: Dengue Fever
Snap Judgment gallery: Spitzer’s Corner’s patrons on Eliot Spitzer (interviews & photos)
Live review: the Mountain Goats (This was the first and last time I broke my rule about never reviewing the Mountain Goats.)
Record Store Day: Music Matters
New England Film
Railroad Square Cinema: Maine’s Movie Mecca
New York Sun
Making Waves
ON American Airlines
Various music features: Domino Records, Bell X1, Portishead.
Proto Magazine
Coming soon.
Small Spiral Notebook
Interview: Author Alison McGhee
Time Out New York
“Manifest Density”
University of Chicago Magazine
Plays Well With Others
Vault
Profiles of American and international consulting firms, accounting firms, and investment banks.
Zagat Survey
2008 NYC Nightlife Guide
2008 NYC Restaurant Guide
Marketing/PR Writing
Maine International Film Festival, Waterville, ME
TME Media, Brooklyn, NY
M+R Strategic Services, New York, NY
Creative Writing (Of Course, All Writing Is Creative, But You Know What I Mean. The Fun Stuff.)
ApostropheCast
God and Country (It’s a podcast! it’s as if I’m sitting right next to you telling a story!) / Follow-up interview here.
A Cautionary Tale
Homophones: A Love Story (nonfiction)
Bacon’s Essays (fiction? non? both?)
The Edward Society
The Old Town Katahdin Canoe (nonfiction)
McSweeney’s
In My Town of Smallish Size and Stature (nonfiction)
Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood
Going Home to Maine (nonfiction)
Monkeybicycle
Pies (fiction)
The Kids Next Door (fiction)
Panamowa
Mango (nonfiction)
Pindeldyboz
Permanent (fiction)
Ruined Music
You’re Shaking My Confidence Daily (nonfiction)
Yankee Pot Roast
Those From Whom No Guff Will Be Brooked (nonfiction? humor.)
Inspired by Sean Combs… (fiction? humor.)
Other Things I’ve Done, In Approximate Chronological Order
*I earned a B.A. in economics at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
*I co-founded and was the assistant director of the Maine International Film Festival.
*I earned an M.F.A. in creative writing/nonfiction at Columbia University in New York City.
*I worked as a research assistant for two excellent authors: Stacy Schiff (A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America) and Chris Finan (From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America).
*I worked at the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression.
*I co-founded, and still edit, a website called Ruined Music. It’s been featured on public radio, MTV News, Yahoo!, and elsewhere.
OTHER THINGS I CAN DO
*Work on PCs or Macs, though I greatly prefer the latter
*Work with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint)
*Use basic HTML (as seen here)
*Use a digital voice recorder
*Work in Adobe InCopy/K4
*Write and edit copy using Chicago, AP, or custom style guides
*Drive a car (I carry a Maine driver’s license)
*Use a digital camera
*Conduct research using microfilm, microfiche, library and historical archives, and online databases (WorldCat, Lexis, ABI/Inform, ProQuest, EBSCO, etc.)
*Understand waterway marking system buoys
*Say “good dog” and “the pen is new” in Polish (this doesn’t come up often, but you never know)