“The Year of Living Post-Racially.” Live it. Love it. Be the Post-Racial Being you deserve to be. November 2009.

“What to Write Next.” Advice on planning your next writing project. October 2009.

“Wow, Fiction Works!” A Selection from How to Write & The Art of Writing: Writers Write About Writing. Harper’s, February 2009

“Finally, A Thin President,” Op-Ed about the outcome of the 2008 Election. New York Times, November 2008.

“Visible Man,” Op-Ed about the language of race in the election. New York Times, April 2008.

“Flava of the Month,” Fake profile of Fake Memoirist Margaret B. Jones. New York Magazine, April 2008.

“I Write In Brooklyn. Get Over It,” Article about Brooklyn Writers & Writing in Brooklyn. New York Times Book Review, March 2008.

“Migratory Spirits,” Review of Richard Powers’s The Echo Maker. New York Times Book Review, October 2006.

“Don’t You Be My Neighbor,” Article about different forms of Gentrification. New York Magazine, April 2004

“The End of the Affair,” Review of Richard Ford’s A Multitude of Sins. New York Times Book Review, March 2002.