Craft, Reviews, &
Academic Essays

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go." – E.L. Doctorow

Publications

Raised by Ferns by Maya Jewell Zeller
Reviewed by Savannah Cottingham

Manastash: Forthcoming June 2026

Form: Book review

This review of Raised by Ferns by Maya Jewell Zeller examines the book’s lyric, hybrid approach to class, ecology, memory, and belonging. Through close attention to form and language, the review explores how the memoir resists tidy narratives of redemption in favor of complexity, contradiction, and lived experience.

The Architecture of Care: Craft, Consciousness, and Ethical Form in Girlhood

TRUE. Magazine: Forthcoming July 3,2026

Form: Craft Essay

This review of Girlhood examines how Melissa Febos uses braided structure, metaphor, and lyric analysis to explore the lasting psychological and ethical effects of girlhood. Focusing on craft as a form of care, the review considers how the book transforms personal narrative into a larger meditation on consent, memory, survival, and selfhood.

Craft, Reviews, & Academic Essays