Published inHuman Parts·Feb 19, 2021Member-onlyThe Last Great VacationHow a pre-pandemic whale swim brought me eye to eye with a humpback — and my own mortality — The whales are playing hard to get. It’s a sunny day off the coast of Vava’u island group, and my father, sister, and I have set off in search of humpbacks. The Tongan archipelago is known for a migrating population of over 2,000 whales who calve and mate in its…Vacation21 min readVacation21 min read
Sep 1, 2019If You Love Elephants, You Need to See This FilmIn the 2016 documentary Gods in Shackles, filmmaker Sangita Iyer shines a light on the brutal treatment of temple elephants in her native Kerala, India. Poached from the wild at a young age, these elephants are forced to live out their lives abused and neglected by a system that uses…Elephants3 min readElephants3 min read
Published inBehold: A Lady·May 20, 2017Lazy Yoga at the Cat CafeIf there were a soundtrack to “Stretch and Snuggle,” a Saturday morning yoga class held alongside residents of the Brooklyn Cat Cafe, it would be sustained, high-pitched giggling. The cafe is really a shelter that opened a year ago on Atlantic Avenue — with a few cozy couches to sit…Cats5 min readCats5 min read
Published inBehold: A Lady·Dec 20, 2016Sarah Kasbeer Has Something in Her TeethA profile of me—by me. When I go to interview little-known writer Sarah Kasbeer, it appears as if she hasn’t left the house in days. Her cascading hair catches the October sunlight a third of the way down, revealing a buildup of natural oils forming dark streaks around the crown…Profile3 min readProfile3 min read
