Selected Nonfiction
A Conversation with Novelist Chris Cander for CrimeReads, upon the publication of her Houston-set novel A Gracious Neighbor
Such Paris as I Had, a tribute to Larry McMurtry, in Texas Highways
The John Fairey Garden in Texas Highways
Minding The Molly Discourse in The Los Angeles Review of Books
A Swamp Person in Houstonia Magazine
First I wrote for swamplot.com, and then I wrote a profile of its founder.
Enormous Changes at The Last Minute: Jenny Staff Johnson on Grace Paley, Nonfiction in Literary Mothers
A short essay about the time I bumped into Grace Paley in Marfa, Texas, while accompanied by two toddlers.
Art Attack: The Houston Press
An archive of my pieces on art and culture for the Houston Press.
The Minister of Good Success in Christianity Today
A profile of George W. Bush’s prayer partner, Houston’s Reverend Kirbyjon Caldwell.
Council Watch: The Austin Chronicle
An archive of my work for the Austin Chronicle, including the weekly Council Watch column, covering the Austin City Council.