born: 1977 in kalamazoo, michigan
currently: detroit, michigan
education:
western michigan university, english literature and latin
trinity college dublin, classics
university of michigan law school, juris doctor
employment:
2002-2006:
nixon peabody llp, san francisco, california, attorney
2006-2009:
stay-at-home father, freelance writer and photographer
photography:
exhibition, david weinberg gallery (chicago), "social landscapes" with dylan vitone and jay wolke, september 11 through october 31, 2009.
20x200, december 2009.
the baffler, january 2009.
vice magazine, september 2009
harper's magazine, may 2008
vice magazine (7-page spread, March 2009)
time magazine, november 2009
fortune magazine, january 18, 2010
new york magazine, february 2008
landscape architecture magazine, september 2008
cs interiors, summer 2008
cs interiors, fall 2008
re:public service, 2008
mfe executive, spring 2009
writing:
"long live the weeds and the wilderness yet," in things I learned about my dad (in therapy), ed. heather b. armstrong, kensington press, 2008.
"el corozan," in what I would tell her: 30 writer dads on their daughters, ed. nicki richesin (may 2010).
"feral houses," the baffler, january 2009.
lecture: "the afflatus of ruin: talking differently about detroit's unique and endangered assets," @ johanson charles gallery, detroit, jul 18, 2009.
media:
interview, american public media's the story, april 14, 2009.
interview, canadian broadcasting company's Q, Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
multiple appearances, WDET's detroit today.
'til tech do us part, wall street journal, august 4, 2007.
hey, isn't that. . ., washington post, january 9, 2008
featured on kottke.org, boing boing, jörg colberg's conscientious, thenewyorker.com, pdnpulse, slate.com, and theatlantic.com.