Other Writing

With their beautiful but short lifespan, flowers were a common theme for 17th century Flemish paintings. But, Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder’s Flowers in a Glass Vase subverts those reminders of inevitable death and, instead, offers viewers access to a world of light, color, and perpetual life.

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In May 2015, this essay won Stanford's Geballe Prize for Writing which honors student poetry or prose related to one of the works at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center.

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The lessons you learn in your first corporate job include: how to deal with friction with your colleagues, how to maintain a good relationship with your manager, and where to stand when you’re supposed to have a meeting with your boss, but his prior appointment is still in his office, talking away. Should you knock and announce you’re waiting? Should you stand awkwardly outside his office and hope he sees you? Should you go back to your desk, wait for his meeting to end, and potentially be accused of not showing up for your meeting on time? 

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The Riveter: A Novel is a slice-of-life story that follows Rosie, its achingly self-aware  protagonist, at her first post-grad job at the Carrell Hardware Headquarters - and her  first time experiencing the anxiety, challenges, drama, humor, and relationships that comes when working in a corporate office.

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A year after she believed that her brother died in a car accident, Mikayla Krew realizes that Adam is actually not dead - and that his return is the least of her problems. Caught up in a world of betrayals, friendships, secret societies, and high school, her latest challenge is to try to be the first to figure out who murdered a promising young high school student, what her new relationship with her brther is, and what role she herself is forced to play.

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Read the first chapter here.