Confederates in the Amazon

SAPIENS just published a short excerpt from my book Amazonia in the Anthropocene that looks at the role American Confederate … More

The Irony of the Anthropocene

I just published a short essay with The Conversation that outlines some of the inherent contradictions and ironies in the … More

I wrote a short essay titled “shit” that was just published on Cultural Anthropology’s website as part of their series Lexicon for an … More

For the past year, I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a short book about the urban Amazon. Most … More

A short essay of mine was just published in Engagement, the blog of the Anthropology and Environment Society. The piece examines the … More

I just published a short essay in The Atlantic about my days checking gas lines. It illustrates how much of our … More