I live in Portland, Maine. My interests include place-based narratives, politics and American history, fringe communities, backyard economics and whatever’s happening behind the scenes, off the paved road or in a nondescript office building. I also like bikes, boats and Manhattans.

I run a quarterly fiction/nonfiction reading series called Scratchpad. Stop by if you’re in or near southern Maine.

Other things I’ve done:

• Worked as a research assistant for Stacy Schiff (A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America) and Chris Finan (From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America).
• Helped start the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville, Maine.
• Published a zine called Kelp, on paper, with staples, from 1993-2003.