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2013 "Wayfaring Stranger," Harper's Magazine. A narrative of lives in the Latino community of <br /> Chatham County,North Carolina. Contracted for publication in 2013. <br /> 2013 "Sky High,"Harpers Magazine. A narrative essay about competing in an international fireworks <br /> competition in Canada. <br /> 2012 `Begin Again: The Anxiety of Authenticity," The Oxford American. An essay on the perils of <br /> authenticity in Southern music and culture. <br /> 2012 "Dead Deer," The Oxford American. An essay on death,the innocence of children, and roadkill. <br /> 2011 "The Meat Horses of Serbia," The Normal School.An essay on war,refugees,mythology,and <br /> infectious disease. Spring,2011.Named a notable essay in Best American Essays. <br /> 2010 "Our House," included in the book,Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont.An essay <br /> about my old house in Pittsboro,North Carolina. <br /> 2008 "Back When We Lived Here," The Normal School. An essay on journalism and the world of a <br /> small bar in the Bywater,New Orleans. <br /> 2007 "In the Year of the Storm," Harper's Magazine.A story based on eight months of living in post- <br /> flood New Orleans.Folio article and cover story. <br /> 2006 "The Duke," Southern Cultures.An essay on tobacco and identity. <br /> 2005 "The Swarm," Harper's Magazine. A profile of invading termites and the scientists who chase <br /> them in old New Orleans.Folio article. <br /> 2003 "The Art of Politics, " The Oxford American. A long profile of Gen. Wesley Clark, published <br /> just as he embarked on his presidential campaign. <br /> AWARDS <br /> 2010 Yaddo Fellowship.Named a Yaddo Fellow for 2010, and will be in residency at the colony <br /> during the month of August 2010. <br /> 2007 Legion of Vermin.Inducted as a past performer at Los Angeles's famous reading series, <br /> Vermin on the Mount. <br /> 1997 Walter Spearman Award,Associated Press News Council. <br /> Awarded to the best newspaper writer in North Carolina with <br /> less than two years in journalism. <br /> 1997 North Carolina Press Association Awards,second place Duke <br /> Award for Higher Education <br />