Hot off the press: Grist published my new article, an investigative piece on David Koch’s $100 million donation to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Why am I covering a philanthropic gift to a medical institution? Because NewYork-Presbyterian’s resources were strained to the breaking point by Superstorm Sandy, and Koch–New York City’s richest resident–continues to fund organizations that argue
Documerica was an initiative by the Environmental Protection Agency that employed freelance photographers to capture environmental scenes in their own backyards. Between 1971 and 1977, citizen naturalists documented urban pollution, national parks, folklore traditions, farming, wetland ecosystems, forests and everyday life in the 1970s. Inspired by Documeria, Natural History Theatre will interpret a photograph from
As if we needed more convincing that the melting Arctic sea ice will create havoc on the world’s coasts, scientists from Rutgers and Cornell have found a link between the melting icepack and the unusual westward path of Hurricane Sandy last October. Sandy did not spin harmlessly out to sea like most late-fall hurricanes. Instead,
In October 2012, I began covering local environmental news for Coastal Commons, the online magazine of Going Coastal, Inc. This NYC-based educational nonprofit brings all of the groups that enjoy our urban coastal resources together–boaters, anglers, conservationists, government and nonprofit organizations. My focus tends toward environmental conservation and the potential impacts of climate change on
I interviewed my pal, the fabulous independent filmmaker Katrina Del Mar, for Curve Magazine’s “Lesbosploitation” issue (April 2010). I couldn’t have thought of a better theme myself! Check out the trailer for “Hell on Wheels: Gang Girls Forever” on YouTube.
I wrote a hybrid book review-slash-historical analysis of Edmund White’s recent book, City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and ’70s, for the Gay and Lesbian Review. Though White’s memoir covers many topics in his peripatetic existence between in the ’60s and ’70s, I focused on his first-hand experiences in New York’s
I’m excited about my recently published article in Jacques magazine, “The Art of Deception.” This piece examines the history of the courtesan, focusing on three historical eras when courtesan culture really flourished: ancient Greece and Rome, Renaissance Venice and fin-de-siecle Paris. I loved researching this piece. Some of the texts I found were privately published
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