Author • Journalist • Storyteller
Award-winning writer crafting compelling narratives for publications, brands, and readers worldwide. From long-form journalism to bestselling fiction.
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In an age of instant content and endless scrolling, there remains something revolutionary about taking time. About letting words breathe on the page, allowing ideas to ferment and mature like fine wine. This is not nostalgia—it's necessity. The stories that endure are those crafted with patience, with care, with the understanding that some truths can only be revealed slowly.
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Essay • The Atlantic
On losing the intimate practice that connected generations before us.
Read essay →Profile • The New Yorker
A master craftsman preserving centuries of tradition in modern Italy.
Read profile →Feature • Harper's
Exploring the meaning of belonging in an increasingly mobile world.
Read feature →Interview • Paris Review
The legendary author on craft, persistence, and the power of story.
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I've spent the past fifteen years exploring stories—in newsrooms, in fiction, in the quiet hours before dawn when the words finally come. My work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, and numerous anthologies.
When I'm not writing, I teach creative writing at Columbia University and host a podcast about the craft of storytelling. I believe every person has a story worth telling, and every story deserves to be told well.
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The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.— Albert Camus
Bibliography
Novel • 2023
A meditation on solitude, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves.
Essay Collection • 2020
Personal essays on love, loss, and the words we can never say.
Novel • 2017
A multi-generational saga about secrets, family, and redemption.