Portfolio

Here are some sketches I've written.

• Political Fragrances You Need To Try (2017) – a sketch which imagines how American political figures would name their fragrances.
• Writing Home (2016) – a sketch about a soldier writing two letters, one to his girlfriend, one to his father.
• A House Divided (2016) – a sketch about what the editing process might have been like for Lincoln's "House Divided" speech.
• Civil War Re-Enactment (2016) – a sketch about Civil War re-enactors who want to re-enact all aspects of the war, both exciting and banal.
• Proposal (2016) – a sketch about a guy who gets upstaged during his wedding proposal.

Here are some recent writing samples.
• A Good Sport (2016) – about my experiences as a coxswain at Harvard.
• Pet Custody (2016) – my Peruvian host family's dog fathered six puppies - now what?
• To Be or Not To Be (2015) – comparing the aging of my two grandmothers.
• Two Households Both Alike in Dignity (2015) – reflections on living with my Peruvian host family who has a live-in housekeeper.
• Nonagenarian Joy (2015) – about my grandmother's love for the card game, bridge.
• Fair Ball (2015) – about the use of technology to umpire baseball.

Here are a few of my favorite "chirps" I have written - short musings about something that made me think twice, in 140 words or less.

• The Hands Test – one metric I use to figure out how well I know someone.
• Cliffhangers in Text Messages – a little bit about texting etiquette.
• Recursive HP3 Fan Fiction – some thoughts about memory-motivated spells in Harry Potter.
• Garage Door Syndrome – what is it about coming home that makes me have to tinkle?

Here are samples of my writing featured in The Harvard Advocate, the oldest continually published collegiate literary magazine in the United States.

• Hook, Line, and Sinker (2014) – about my childhood obsession with the Titanic.
• The Urban Colony (2013) – about urban beekeeping and pet ownership.
• Picture This: Photographic Media in the Harvard Advocate (2013) – about the history of photographic media in the magazine.
• A Matter of Taste (2012) – about the popularity of Taiwanese dumpling house, Din Tai Fung.

Here are some samples of my writing featured in The Harvard Crimson.

• Unpaid Internships: A Priceless Experience? (2014) – cover story of newspaper magazine about student summer planning.
• Modern Love: Snail Mail (2013) – about the letters my grandmother sent me at school.