Editing

I currently work as a contributing editor at Pitchfork, where I edit album reviews.

Below is a selected list of series, projects, and features I edited while at NPR Music (2016-2023).

Series & projects

I served various editing and project management roles on the following projects:
Turning the Tables: The Spark: 6 socially conscious musicians on the women who inspire them, 2022
Turning the Tables: Records That Changed Our Lives, 2012-2022
We Insist: A Timeline of Protest Music in 2020, 2020
South Got Something To Say: A Celebration of Southern Rap, 2020
Turning the Tables: 8 Women Who Invented American Popular Music, 2019
Turning the Tables: The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+, 2018
Turning the Tables: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women, 2017

Selected features

Tennessee musicians grapple with the potential impact of new anti-drag law | Jewly Hight, 2023
50 years later, the celebrations and contradictions of ‘Wattstax’ still resonate | Ashawnta Jackson, 2023
Florist is here to make friends | Mia Hughes, 2022
On ‘Take It Like a Man,’ Amanda Shires takes aim for the heavens | Brittney McKenna, 2022
Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty was embraced as gay country music’s radical elder | Jewly Hight, 2022
The soundtrack to Mardi Gras, from its first wave to its golden age | Molly Reid Cleaver, 2022
With All Eyes On Country Music, Will Black Nashville Get The Reckoning It Deserves? | Jewly Hight, 2021
Illuminati Hotties Dares You To Laugh | Lyndsey McKenna, 2021
Selena At 50: Preserving And Protecting A Precious Legacy | Deborah Paredez, 2021
Equal At Last? Women In Jazz, By The Numbers | Lara Pellegrinelli, 2021

Selected criticism

Wednesday, Rat Saw God | Hazel Cills, 2023
Elvin Jones, Revival: Live at Pookie’s Pub | Marcus J. Moore, 2022
Alvvays, Blue Rev | Jacob Ganz, 2022
Taylor Swift, Midnights | Ann Powers, 2022
Wild Pink, ILYSM | H. Seidlitz, 2022
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cool It Down | Stacey Anderson, 2022
Alex G, God Save The Animals | Hazel Cills, 2022
Jenny Hval, Classic Objects | Hazel Cills, 2022
Rina Sawayama, Hold The Girl | Laura Snapes, 2022
Sylvan Esso, No Rules Sandy | Cyrena Touros, 2022
Angel Olsen, Big Time | Katie Presley, 2022
Maren Morris, Humble Quest and Molly Tuttle, Crooked Tree | Jewly Hight, 2022
Nilüfer Yanya, PAINLESS | Hazel Cills, 2022
Mitski, Laurel Hell | Ann Powers, 2022
Brandi Carlile, In These Silent Days | Brittney McKenna, 2021
21 Savage and Metro Boomin, Savage Mode II | Christina Lee, 2020

On Air & IRL

Radio appearances

Review: Palehound, Eye On The Bat | All Things Considered
Review: Jenny Lewis, Joy’all | All Things Considered
Books we love: NPR’s top picks for 2021 memoirs | Weekend Edition
2021 Music Preview: ‘Little Oblivions,’ ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ | Morning Edition
2020 Book Concierge: Four Romance Recommendations | Weekend Edition
2020 Was The Year Of Dancing By Ourselves | Weekend Edition
One Big Breath And A Blazing Guitar: 2019’s Best Moments In Music| All Things Considered
‘Women Are Not One Thing’: The 2018 Turning The Tables List Shines With Diversity | All Things Considered


Podcast hosting & conversations

How Women Made Music‘ | All Songs Considered
Records That Changed Our Lives: Defying gatekeepers with ‘Uh Huh Her’ and Tiger Trap | All Songs Considered
Records That Changed Our Lives: Finding hope in Tracy Chapman and ‘Brand New Eyes’ | All Songs Considered
Records That Changed Our Lives: How Kate Bush and Yoko Ono challenged us | All Songs Considered
Books We Love: Recommendations For Music Fans | Pop Culture Happy Hour
The Wit, Wisdom And Awe Of Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ | All Songs Considered
The Evolution Of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ | Pop Culture Happy Hour
Book Concierge: Music Book Recommendations | Pop Culture Happy Hour
The Fine Brushstrokes Of ‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ | Pop Culture Happy Hour
Talking, Laughing, Loving, Breathing: On The Return Of ‘The L Word’ | Pop Culture Happy Hour
The 2010s: Queer Goes Mainstream | All Songs Considered
The 2019 MTV VMAs| Pop Culture Happy Hour
Roséwave: This Summer, Think Pink | All Songs Considered
Jeopardy! | Pop Culture Happy Hour
‘The Disaster Artist’ Is A Very James Franco ProductionPop Culture Happy Hour
What Makes A Great Album Last? | All Songs Considered
NPR Music 10th Anniversary Podcast: 2010 | All Songs Considered
Kendrick Lamar Wins Big In The VMAs’ Jarring Jumble Of Moments | Pop Culture Happy Hour

I was also a frequent guest on All Songs Considered; these appearances are collected on my NPR byline page.


Talks and panels

Panelist: How Women Made Music book launch, The Strand, October 2024
Interview: Bartees Strange, All Things Go festival, September 2022
Guest lecture: University of Alabama: Gender, Music and Popular Culture, February 2022
Panelist/Presenter: “There’s No Place Like Homo: Revisiting The Home In Queer Pop” at MoPOP (Virtual) Pop Conference, September 2020
Panelist: NPR Music live listening party for Fiona Apple’s Fetch The Bolt Cutters, April 2020
Panelist: Writers panel at Dana Hall School: She Sails conference, April 2019
Panelist/Presenter: “My Revenge is Death: Unpacking the Riot Grrrls’ Soundtrack to Killing Rapists” at MoPOP Pop Conference, April 2019
Panelist: “Turning The Tables: 21st Century Edition Live,” Lincoln Center Out Of Doors, July 2018
Panelist/Presenter: “Pop Personae and Fashioned Bodies: An Analysis of Pop Styles and Soft Masculinities” at MoPOP Pop Conference, April 2018
Organizer/Reader“You Have to Read This!” reading series, May 2017
Panelist: The Ladycast Live at DC Podfest, November 2016


Writing

✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆ I write a monthly personal newsletter called constellations; read it here ⋆☾⋆.˚₊✩

Selected Criticism

Perfume Genius, Glory | 2025, Pitchfork
Deep Sea Diver, Billboard Heart | 2025, Pitchfork
The Weather Station, Humanhood | 2025, Pitchfork
Haley Heynderickx, Seed of a Seed | 2024, Pitchfork
Katie Gavin, What A Relief | 2024, Pitchfork
Charly Bliss, Forever | 2024, Pitchfork
Clairo, Charm | 2024, Pitchfork
Sour Widows, Revival of a Friend | 2024, Pitchfork
This Is Lorelei, Box for Buddy, Box for Star | 2024, Pitchfork
Margaux, Inside The Marble | 2024, Pitchfork
Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines” at Brooklyn Museum | 2024, New York Review of Architecture
Ian Sweet, Sucker | 2023, Pitchfork
Squirrel Flower, Tomorrow’s Fire | 2023, Pitchfork
Helena Deland, Goodnight Summerland | 2023, Pitchfork
Mitski, “Bug Like an Angel” | 2023, Pitchfork
Palehound, Eye On The Bat | 2023, NPR Music
Jess Williamson, Time Ain’t Accidental | 2023, NPR Music
Jenny Lewis, Joy’all | 2023, NPR Music
boygenius, the record | 2023, NPR Music
Fever Ray, Radical Romantics | 2023, NPR Music
Plains, I Walked With You A Ways | 2022, NPR Music
Quinn Christopherson, Write Your Name In Pink | 2022, NPR Music
Sharon Van Etten, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong | 2022, NPR Music
Frances Quinlan, Likewise | 2020, NPR Music
Book review: Andrea Long Chu, Females | 2019, NPR
Book review: Vivien Goldman, Revenge Of The She-Punks | 2019, NPR
Girlpool, What Chaos Is Imaginary | 2019, NPR Music
Robyn, Honey | 2018, NPR Music
Courtney Barnett, Tell Me How You Really Feel | 2018, NPR Music
Hop Along, Bark Your Head Off, Dog | 2018, NPR Music
Soccer Mommy, Clean | 2018, NPR Music
Palm, Rock Island | 2018, NPR Music
Mitski, Puberty 2 | 2016 (Bitch Magazine # 72)

I worked for NPR from 2016 to 2023. You can find a full list of my clips for them here.


Selected profiles & interviews

‘You’re lying if you don’t acknowledge death’: Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman on the wild, dark stories in the year’s best alt-rock album
A profile of the Wednesday frontperson | 2025, The Guardian
Wanting to Be Made New
An interview with writer Niko Stratis about her memoir, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman | 2025, Los Angeles Review of Books
On finding the right context for your creativity
A conversation with filmmaker and podcaster Theda Hammel about being motivated by mediocrity | 2024, The Creative Independent
An Honest Woman
An interview with writer Charlotte Shane about intimacy, honesty, and her latest memoir | 2024, Dirt
Mannequin Pussy’s Music Is Built on Big Emotions (and Inside Jokes)
A short profile of one of Philly’s finest punk bands | 2024, New York Times
On making your best work through balance
A conversation with writer and podcaster Kelsey McKinney about working across mediums and being driven by enthusiasm | 2023, The Creative Independent
The eternal paradox, and ‘Quantum Criminals,’ of Steely Dan
A conversation with the writer and illustrator of a book dedicated to the characters of the Steely Dan discography | 2023, NPR Music
Rewind, Be Kind: On ‘Home Video,’ Lucy Dacus Writes Her Own Rules For Friendship
On how Dacus turned her childhood memories into her best album yet | 2021, NPR Music
On ‘Ignorance,’ The Weather Station Compels You To Care
An interview with Tamara Lindeman about climate crisis and songwriting | 2021, NPR Music
Anjimile Just Can’t Wait To Be King
An interview with the Boston songwriter about their bold, brave debut | 2020, NPR Music
Torres Explains The Fear And Desire Behind Her Most Self-Determined Record Yet
An interview about writing music while desperately in love | 2020, NPR Music
Trixie Mattel: America’s Next Top Folk-Country Comedy Drag Artist
An interview with the drag superstar | 2018, NPR Music
Power In Everything: Priests’ Katie Alice Greer On Making Space For Art
A conversation about a hard year with a visionary artist | 2017, NPR Music
After A Detour, Land Of Talk’s Elizabeth Powell Finds A New Way Home
An interview with the singer-songwriter about being lost and found | 2017, NPR Music
Interview: Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak
A conversation about virtuosity and courage | 2016, She Shreds


Essays & features

Imperfect Feminists to the Front
On Kathleen Hanna’s memoir and revisiting ’90s feminism | 2024, The Conversationalist
Le Tigre’s Feminist Rage Has Always Been Fun
On the joy of seeing a Le Tigre reunion show | 2023, NPR Music
Yoko Ono’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ Made Me Rethink What It Means To Be An Expert
On discovering Ono’s oeuvre and embracing intimidating art | 2021, NPR Music
Perfume Genius Expands Rock’s Body Language
A critics’ conversation about embodiment, queerness and one of the year’s best albums | 2020, NPR Music
How One Of Music’s Biggest Stars Almost Disappeared, And How Her Legacy Was Saved
On Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s unlikely and necessary comeback story | 2019, NPR Music
The Motherlode
A collection of testimonies to the eight women who invented American popular music | 2019, NPR Music
The Old Disappearing-Reappearing Band Trick (Or, How Millennials Rescued Duster’s Music From The Abyss)
On the re-emergence of slowcore’s beloved underground heroes | 2019, NPR Music
Women Are The Fabric Of 21st Century Pop
On Turning the Tables’ second season | 2018, NPR Music


Album bios

Chloe Moriondo, oyster (2025)
Molina, When you wake up (2024)
Cusp, band bio (2024)
Fine, Rocky Top Ballads (2024)
Truth Club, Running From The Chase (2023)

Hi! I’m a writer and editor based in Brooklyn.

now:

I currently work as a contributing editor at Pitchfork and as the newsletter editor for The Conversationalist.

My writing about music, books, culture, and more can be found in The New York Times, NPR Music, Pitchfork, and The Creative Independent, among others.

Here’s how you can contact me via email.

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then:

From 2016 – 2023 I worked as an editor for NPR Music. I wrote and edited features, produced the newsletter, ran large editorial projects, and appeared on podcasts. Plus I produced a few Tiny Desk concerts (like this one and this one).

Before that, I worked for NPR’s Events team, on the Tiny Desk Contest.

I studied anthropology (B.A.) at Vassar College and intercultural and international communication (M.A.) at American University’s School of International Service. My research primarily focused on gender, labor, and cross-cultural feminism.

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also:

For fun, I make music under the name Keeper and a newsletter called constellations.

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