Bookstore manager specializing in contemporary and postcolonial literature. Winner of 2024 Best of D.C. Areas of interest include identity, nationalism, and empire. Extensive experience with creative and academic writing, editing, independent research, community activism, and Jewish life. Fascinated by the social and political dimensions of the arts.Adept at long-term, self-directed research projects for academic, industrial, and creative purposes. Past work includes background research for a nonfiction film about the mythography of the American West and the history of cinema, a literature review of ancient healing incantations, and a walking tour of Jewish locations in San Francisco.Comprehensive experience writing and editing across genres and media: opinion writing, reporting, academic theses, long-form fiction, and poetry, as well as over six years of journalistic editing, typesetting, photography, video, and web pages.