Highlights
If You Should Find Yourself in the Dark | Longreads, May 2019
Where the Light is Different: A Duet on Girlhood | New York Review of Books, Sept 2019
Sucked Dry: A Minnesota mega-dairy expands into the West | High Country News (supported by EHRP), Aug 2021 (cover story)
A Garden in the Desert | Guernica, Sept 2021
'It's not fair, not right': how America treats its Black farmers | The Guardian (supported by EHRP), Oct 2018
The Hunted | Guernica, May 2017
My Children Were Denied Passports Because They Were Delivered by a Midwife | The New York Times, Sept 2018
The Currency of Cars: How to Leave a Husband | Longreads, April 2017
America's rural radio stations are vanishing – and taking the country's soul with them | The Guardian (supported by EHRP), June 2019
The Mule Deer | Vela Magazine, May 2016
Why Are Farmers Killing Themselves? | The Guardian (with support from EHRP), Dec 2017
Creative Writing
The Trackers | Khôra, Nov 2022 (novel excerpt)
Feral and Brine | Khôra, Oct 2022
The Cruelest Year | Khôra, Sept 2022 (flash fiction)
A Garden in the Desert | Guernica, Sept 2021
Where the Light is Different: A Duet on Girlhood | New York Review of Books, Sept 2019
On Heat: The Ritual of Surrendering to Summer | Borderlore, June 2019
The Hardest Part: The Void of Inner Life | MUTHA Magazine, May 2019
If You Should Find Yourself in the Dark | Longreads, May 2019
Deserts: A Guernica Special Issue (guest editor) | Guernica, May 2018
When a Cactus Blooms (Byrd Baylor profile) | Edible Baja Arizona, July/Aug 2017
The Hunted | Guernica, May 2017
The Currency of Cars: How to Leave a Husband | Longreads, April 2017
Letter to America | Terrain.org, Feb 2017
The Mule Deer | Vela Magazine, May 2016
Patience & the Aerodynamics of Cats | MUTHA Magazine, May 2016
The Other Side | The Manifest-Station, Sept 2015
Precarious Things | Terrain.org, Fall/Winter 2010 (fiction)
bre-tesse | The Dictionary Project, 2014
Reporting
We Are All of Us Animals (book review) | High Country News, Sept 2022
The Six Superdogs Who Save Turtles | The Guardian, Aug 2021
Sucked Dry: A Minnesota mega-dairy expands into the West | High Country News (supported by EHRP), Aug 2021 (cover story)
There Are Ghosts in the Land: How US Mega-dairies Are Killing Off Small Farms | The Guardian (supported by EHRP), June 2021
How to Fix a Food System That's Not Designed to Feed People | Huffington Post, Dec 2020
Trump's Online SNAP Program Helps Amazon and Walmart, But Leaves Rural People Behind | In These Times (supported by EHRP), Nov 2020
Living in the Shadow of Arizona's Border Wall | Capital & Main (co-published with The Guardian), Sept 2020
Keeping Seed Sovereignty Local | Grist, July 2020
'It's like a remote sleepover': My week meeting quarantined strangers | The Guardian, March 2020
For Our Children: Parents Win Fight for Equity in New Mexico's Schools
Black Farmers Are Reclaiming Land in the South | Equal Voice News, July 2019
How a Black Farming Community Found Justice | YES! Magazine, July 2019
America's rural radio stations are vanishing – and taking the country's soul with them | The Guardian (supported by EHRP), June 2019
To all parents who can picture themselves in Valeria and her dad | The Guardian, June 2019
The Case for Reparations for Black Farmers | TalkPoverty, May 2019
They Used To Hold Hands Through the Wall. Now, There’s Razor Wire. | TalkPoverty, May 2019
Farming’s Next Generation Has Nowhere to Grow | TalkPoverty, Feb 2019
The Shutdown Is Holding Back Farmers From Spring Planting | TalkPoverty, Jan 2019
We Already Have a Border Wall. It's an Environmental Disaster. | TalkPoverty, Jan 2019
30 Million Homes Are Unsafe to Live In. This Arizona Organization Has a Model for Fixing Them. | TalkPoverty, Dec 2018
Arizona's Wild Horse Paradox | High Country News, Dec 2018
Low-Income People Pay When Government Tech Contracts Sour | TalkPoverty, Nov 2018
Inside the Great Electromagnetic Resistance | Narratively, Nov 2018
'It's not fair, not right': how America treats its Black farmers | The Guardian (supported by EHRP), Oct 2018
My Children Were Denied Passports Because They Were Delivered by a Midwife | The New York Times, Sept 2018
Arizona Had A Plan To Make the Wealthy Pay For Education. The Supreme Court Shut It Down. | TalkPoverty, Sept 2018
In a Changing Climate, Access to Cooling Is a Human Right | TalkPoverty, Aug 2018
How A Questionable Tech Contract Jeopardized Food Stamps at Farmers’ Markets | TalkPoverty, July 2018
There Is No Summer Vacation for Parents in the Gig Economy | TalkPoverty, July 2018
America’s Dairy Farms Are in Crisis and the Farm Bill Won’t Help | TalkPoverty, June 2018
Is help finally at hand for suicide crisis on America’s farms? | The Guardian, May 2018
Tens of Thousands Mobilize to Support Arizona Teachers Amid Backlash | TalkPoverty, April 2018
Sending Troops to the Border Will Cause More Migrant Deaths | TalkPoverty, April 2018
Hospitals Are Leaving Rural America. Rural Americans Are Staying Put. | TalkPoverty, April 2018
Q&A with Dan Barber | Edible Baja Arizona, May 2017
Letters to a Young Farmer (book review) | Edible Baja Arizona, May 2017
I wrote about farmers' suicides – and the reaction has been overwhelming | The Guardian, Dec 2017
Why Are Farmers Killing Themselves? | The Guardian (with support from EHRP), Dec 2017
If There's No Water, What's the Point?: Female Ranchers in Arizona | The Guardian, Dec 2017
Rural Americans Have Less Access to Books. There’s a Way to Fix That. | TalkPoverty, April 2017
In Deep Red America, the Rise of the Abortion Doula | Bright Magazine, April 2017
A Seat at the Table | Edible Baja Arizona, March/April 2017
The Dream Farm Notebook | Edible Baja Arizona, Jan/Feb 2017
Tucson's Teppanyaki Evolution & Mr. An's Legacy | Tucson Foodie, Dec 2018
Harvesting Cooperatively | Edible Baja Arizona, Nov/Dec 2016
The Desert Blooms | Rodale's Organic Life, Nov 2016
How Does the World Oyster Champ Train for Competition? | Paste Magazine, Sept 2016
Farming in the Balance | Edible Baja Arizona, Sept/Oct 2016
Foodie localism loves farming in theory, but not in practice | Aeon, July 2016
How a Former Vegetarian Became a Butcher and Ethical Meat Advocate | Civil Eats, May 2016
Becoming Janos | Edible Baja Arizona, May 2016
Workwear for Women Who Farm | Civil Eats, May 2016
Entrusting Land | Edible Baja Arizona, March/April 2016
Quitting Season: Why Farmers Walk Away From Their Farms | Civil Eats, Feb 2016
Women Competitive Eaters Take Over the Table | The Establishment, 2015
Why is Jessica Jones Important (a roundtable) | The Establishment, Dec 2015
A Tale of Two Teas | Tucson Foodie, Oct 2015
Michelle Lesco Doesn't Do Slow Food | Edible Baja Arizona, Sept/Oct 2015
Quitting Season | Edible Baja Arizona, July/Aug 2015
Field of Dreams | Edible Baja Arizona, Jan/Feb 2014