Selected work
Projects, commissions, and a newsletter.
A few pieces of work done for other people, and one done for myself, each with a short account of how it went.
2026The Margin Review
How people read long essays
A six-month reading study, written up as an essay with the findings set as sections inside the text.
2026The Margin Review
Resetting The Margin Review
A quarterly literary journal moves from a busy magazine layout to a single, readable column.
2025Ledger Press
A house style for Ledger Press
Writing and editing a forty-page style guide for a small nonfiction publisher.
2025The Margin Review
What we thought readers wanted
A subscriber survey that asked the wrong question, and what it took to notice.
2024
Small Hours, a weekly letter
Launching a reader-supported newsletter and growing it past its first thousand subscribers.
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I take on a small number of editing and writing commissions each year.
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