Playa Lake, Outside of Lockney, Texas, on what once was the family farm
Awards and Recognition
Winner, Bill Desmond Writing Award, 2022, Arizona Commission on the Arts
Recipient, Arizona Commission on the Arts Research & Development Grant, 2022, for Campfollowers Project
Winner, Susan Atefat Award for Creative Nonfiction, Arts & Letters, 2021
Finalist, New South Prose Contest, 2021
Finalist, Indiana Review Creative Nonfiction Contest, 2020, for “The Devil’s Balls”
Notable Essay, Best American Essays 2019, for “Debridement” (Gravel)
Margaret Sterling Memorial Award, Spring 2019, Poetry Center, University of Arizona
Southwest Field Studies Fellow, 2018, University of Arizona
Nominee, Ruth Gardner Teaching Award, 2018, University of Arizona
Winner, 2017 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award, Creative Nonfiction
Finalist, 2016 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards, Creative Nonfiction