This post is taken from a longer Keynote Address delivered at the Through the Eyes

Appeared in The Oregonian, February 25, 2014. If Cheryl Strayed’s Wild was

Appeared in The Sun: A Magazine of Ideas in January 2017. Many times I had seen my

Named a “Notable Essay” in the 2016 edition of The Best American Essays, edited

Appeared in The University of Chicago Magazine, August/September, 2016. More than

Appeared in Governing Magazine, June 1, 2015. Criminals scare me. They know more

Appeared in the “Beautiful Things” series in River Teeth, May 23, 2016. My

Two of these three short essays appeared in The Oregonian. My wife and I were watching

Appeared in Rain Taxi in April 2015. A review of the same book appeared in The Oregonian

Appeared in The Millions, January 22, 2015. Reprinted by Three Quarks Daily on