​ESSAYS AND SHORT STORIES

"Do-It-Yourself"
Abstract Magazine

"A PLACE IN THE WORLD"
CHICAGO MEMORY HOUSE 

"WaITING ON THE STAIR"
MEMOIR MAGAZINE

"Baba the Magnificent" 
a Short Story
Muleskinner journal

​"RETURNING TO LAUREL"
THE PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE

​"WHAT DADDY CAN'T FIX" 
SALVATION SOUTH

​"GRACE, GLITTER, AND RADIO PREACHERS" 
THE OTHER JOURNAL
 
"LIGHTING THE WAY"
HIPPOCAMPUS MAGAZINE

"LET THEM LIVE ONE MORE CHAPTER"
ARTISANAL WRITER

​"AN AUDIENCE OF ONE"
MONTHS TO YEARS

​"LEARNING TO LET LOVE IN"
The NEW YORK TIMES

"SHE SLICES, SHE DICES!"
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE

"LUCILE'S DINER"
THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

"COMING HOME:” 
UTNE READER AND THE COMMONWEAL

"BROTHER BUDDY'S GIFT"
BALTIMORE REVIEW

"ANOTHER MOTHER"
MINNESOTA MONTHLY

"MAKING WOMEN CRY"
SALVATION SOUTH

"ROCK SOLID PROOF OF GOD'S LOVE"
SKY ISLAND JOURNAL

"PEARLS UNDERFOOT"
THE BLUE MOUNTAIN REVIEW

"THE LANGUAGE OF HOME"
DEAD MULE SCHOOL FOR SOUTHERN LITERATURE

"OUR WONDROUS MONSTERS"
SKY ISLAND JOURNAL

"SAVED AT THE PIGGLY WIGGLY"
​DEAD MULE SCHOOL OF SOUTHERN LITERATURE

"NEVER GET GOOD AT WHAT YOU HATE"
​PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"TELL ME THIS ONE, MAMMA"
SALON MAGAZINE

"I AM A RECOVERING RACIST"
SALON MAGAZINE

"WHITE AMERICANS NEED TO STUDY BLACK HISTORY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN STORIES"
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

“THE WATCH”
A Short Story
STORIES FROM THE BLUE MOON CAFÉ III 

"HOW I OVERCAME MY ADDICTION TO WHITENESS IN 5 STEPS"
ALTERNET

JUST CALL ME A DINOSAUR
A VIRTUAL CHILDREN’S BOOK. ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES KUETHER. 
VOICE BY ANN HINNENKAM.

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PHOTO BY BOB FRANKS
 
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