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Three new books explore the reality (and the fantasy) behind realty
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From 2006 to 2009, I was a reader for Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers program, helping to select works of uncommon literary quality by first-time or undiscovered writers.
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From 2008 to 2011, I reviewed fiction and literary nonfiction, including The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them.
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Street art has always been cool, but in the 21st-century it's become an art.
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The savvy eater knows that what’s good for the belly is also good for the planet.
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Once upon a time, these places created commodities like boxes, mattresses, and electricity. Now they’re making inspiration, imagination, and thought.
We wanted to see how the new was getting on with the old in Harlem. [PDF]
I write a weekly column about things to do, eat, and experience in New York City, including New York City’s best takes on 5 classic American foods
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Bollywood may have flash, but Rajasthan is where you'll find India's true high style, especially its most majestic, most impenetrable forts and palaces.
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Kyle Beachy pities his protagonist, whose slide from ennui into depression is chronicled with an earnestness that even irony can’t mask.
Then I beheld Knoll Krest Farm Coconut Macaroons, awkward, prepackaged orbs in ecru and ivory. Even prettier! [JPG]
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Some say we eat first with our eyes. If true, then Maharaja offers belly-busting rainbows galore.
100 Minutes on North 3rd Street in Williamsburg
Finding the spirit of Long Island City on Vernon Boulevard
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From 2010 to 2011, I wrote features and round-ups on food and fun in New York City for Oyster Locals, a website for travelers.
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People wandered by, asking, 'Who's playing tonight?' Those in the queue answered, 'Writers. A lot of writers.'
From 2004 to 2008, I reviewed literary novels for Publishers Weekly [unbylined].
Slideshows of some things we ate while traveling for several weeks in India: Street Sweets, Vegetarian Street Food, and Rajasthani Eats
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We counted 362 restaurants, 104 dogs, and 1 cat. [Essay about walking the length of Broadway, no longer online]
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A weekend in Iceland, featuring glaciers, Viking vim, and puffin --- yes, puffin [no longer online]
The hippest street in Istanbul isn’t İstiklal Caddesi, no matter what
your guidebook says [no longer online].
your guidebook says [no longer online].
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If you would save a child for the price of fancy shoes, why don't you?
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Winner of the 2010 Smart Travel writing contest, for an article on chimp tracking in Uganda
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At a young age, I realized two key facts about myself: I like books, and I have a lousy memory.
