Who am I? A fifth-generation New Yorker who somehow found himself living, very happily, in Central Texas, a fate my forebears would have found unfathomable. I am currently the deputy editor at Texas Monthly magazine, where I write, help manage the staff, attend lots of strategy meetings, co-create silly infographics about Matthew McConaughey, and edit everything from 400-word profiles of Houston rappers to 5,000-word stories about water-use issues in rural counties. Prior to my time at Texas Monthly (the best place I’ve ever worked), I was an editor and writer at the Village Voice (the other best place I’ve ever worked) and the Austin American-Statesman (also a good place). My writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, Details, and a bunch of other journalistic entities that may or may not still exist. I have edited stories that have won City and Regional Magazine Awards and, on three occasions, stories that have made it to the finals of the National Magazine Awards. A profile I wrote about a Parisian barbecue pitmaster was part of an editorial package that won an NMA. I also edited Texas Monthly’s fiftieth anniversary book, Lone Stars Rising: The Fifty People Who Turned Texas Into the Fastest-Growing, Most Exciting, and, Sometimes, Most Exasperating State in the Country, which comes out in June 2023 from a division of HarperCollins.
In my spare time, I listen to jazz and techno, read fiction and political websites, go to the gym, throw a frisbee with my kids, practice the bass (it’s going slowly), and hike Austin’s greenbelt.
If you want to read the official CV, you can find it here.