SELECT WRITING
Fiction
[PANK]: "Ways to Swim"
Drunken Boat: "Everyone's Place"
Eunoia Review: "Thief of Your Comfort"
Atticus Review: "Three Memories of Which I Am Fairly Certain"
Fwriction Review: "Preparation" (an excerpt from The Fabulists)
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: "Dante and Virgil Go Grocery Shopping"
Essays & Reviews
Arcadia Magazine: "Wrapping Paper" **nominated for The Pushcart Prize
Ploughshares: "Literary Boroughs--Asheville, NC"
The New York Times: "Giving Up a 3-D Printed Prosthetic for a Different Vision of Perfect"
The Dirty Spoon: “Remote Cravings”
The Millions: "Nine Modern Literary Letter Collections For The Curious Reader"
Writer's Digest: "Creative Rations"
Kenyon Review: "On Lily Hoang's A BESTIARY"
The Rumpus: "On Dalia Rosenfeld's THE WORLDS WE THINK WE KNOW"
Southern Humanities Review: "On Jana Benova's SEEING PEOPLE OFF"
ROVA Magazine: “Road Tripping in Colorado”
Travel + Leisure: “The Beautiful N.C. Lake Getaway You’ve Probably Never Heard Of”
Southern Review of Books: “On Anya Liftig’s HOLLER RAT”
Iowa Review: “Surfboard” (forthcoming)
Interviews
The Dirty Spoon: “The Mechanics of Becoming Sweet: Inside Mrs. Hanes Cookies”
Southern Review of Books: “The Sweet Gum Head: Interview with Martin Padgett”
Southern Review of Books: “Graceland, At Last: Interview with Margaret Renkl”
East Fork: “At The Table with Anne Quatrano”
East Fork: “In The Dirt with Evan Chender”
Southern Review of Books: “House of Cotton: Interview with Monica Brashears”
Anthologies
"Thief of Your Comfort," Rozlyn: Short Stories by Women Writers (Rozlyn Press, 2015)
Audio & Video
Interview, Punch Bucket Lit Podcast (2024)
The Dirty Spoon Radio Hour
For 4 seasons, editor and co-hosts Jonathan Ammons and Catherine Campbell showcased stories from the people behind our meals. Airing on Saturday mornings on WPVM, The Dirty Spoon Radio Hour is a culinary mix tape and digital journal featuring diverse voices around America, with fresh new music, local artist illustrations, and personal essays. Jon and Lexie are the new editors and co-hosts. If you like the show, consider supporting them on Patreon!
Current Projects
Haith: A novel.
Gap Year: A novel.