Selected Articles and Essays

  • Linda Okazaki, Dream at Salt Creek, 1994

    Inventions of Color

    My introduction to the book accompanying the exhibit, Linda Okazaki: Into the Light, at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

  • Dying Words

    Written for the Smithsonian on a Nuuchalnuth man who worked to revive his First Nation language and culture.

  • Trouble in the Presidio

    My investigative report for San Francisco magazine led to reforms at the park. National Magazine Award Finalist.

  • The Survivor

    The story of one of those who survived a 2004 tsunami that killed over a quarter million people.

  • Seeing Feeling

    An essay on the humanist photography of Wayne Miller, a man I grew to love and admire. Buy the book.

  • Imagining the Ahwahnee

    A hotel embodies ideas behind our national parks. Download the free book.

  • Legends of the Park

    An essay on Yosemite-inspired art and photography for American Art Review.

  • River of Colour

    A review of the last book of photographer Raghubir Singh. For the Vancouver Sun.

  • Sufi Surprise

    Senegal is a stunning admixture of the sacred and secular. California magazine.

  • Cultural Tectonics

    Yunan’s ethnic minorities live on China’s fault lines. California magazine.

  • California from the North

    Russian trade and influence penetrated far down the coast. Buy the book.