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Book Review for "The Rest of Our Lives" by Ben Markovits

A cover illustration for a Washington Post book review about "The Rest of Our Lives" by Ben Markovits.

Tennessee Queens

A celebration of some of Tennessee’s leading ladies.

Six ways to get more joy with your dog

Illustration for Six ways to get more joy with your dog from The Washington Post

Nightmares

A photo illustration for “A piano chord helped reduce chronic nightmares, a study showed” from The Washington Post.

Finding Purpose

An illustration for a Washington Post story, “A 6-year research project found a surprisingly simple route to happiness.”

Brick

An illustration for a Washington Post essay, “Can’t stop doomscrolling? The ‘Brick’ helped me unplug.”

“The Sunflower Boys” Book Review

Octavia Butler Portrait

A portrait of Octavia Butler for Washington Post book review of “Positive Obsession” — a new biography about the author by Susana M. Morris.

Clueless and Austen

An illustration that I made for "How ‘Clueless’ bucked the trope of the rich mean girl" from The Washington Post.

Dog Sitting

An illustration for a Washington Post story about dog sitting.

Late Night TV

A photo illustration for a Washington Post story about how late night TV lost its relevance.

Millennial Menopause

An illustration for “Not feeling like yourself? It could be perimenopause” from The Washington Post.

Orbanization of America

Photo illustrations for a series called The Orbanization of America from The Washington Post about how the Hungarian Prime Minster is influencing democracy, gay rights, and the media for the American right.

Literature and body image

A photo illustration for a Washington Post essay about the ways literature impacts body image.

'Theft' Book Review

An illustration for a Washington Post book review about ‘Theft’ by Nobel Prize winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah.

From book critic, Ron Charles:

““Theft,” the first novel Gurnah has published since winning the Nobel, offers an example of such compassionate, revelatory seeing. Even the structure of this story works against the hierarchical nature of plot — that common sense that this character is central and those merely peripheral. There’s something almost disorienting about Gurnah’s narrative as he moves from one person to the next, willfully thwarting our desire to settle on a protagonist.

Oh, he’ll get there eventually, but he’s not to be rushed as he examines the lives of an expanding family of characters in Tanzania in the late 20th century.”

Visa Ban

An GIF about Trump banning Visas that allow immigrants to work in the US in the wake of unemployment caused by COVID-19.

Centenarians

Collages made using family photos and artifacts for “They’ve lived 100 years. Here’s their advice about everything.” from The Washington Post.

Shark Quiz

Illustrations for “Scared of sharks? Take our quiz for, uh, reassurance.” from The Washington Post.

This Must Be The Place

Gas Prices

An animation that I made for "Think U.S. gas prices are high? Here’s how far $40 goes around the world." from The Washington Post.

Widow's Work

An editorial illustration for a perspective story for The Washington Post written by a 91-year-old widow about coping with the loss of her husband, and all the paperwork associated with becoming a widow in the midst of grieving.

Sorry

An illustration for “Can you apologize too much? Sorry, but read this to find out.” from The Washington Post

Why Iowa

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I designed a short video explaining why Iowa always votes first in presidential elections. The script is based on NPR’s article “Why Does Iowa Vote Firsts, Anyway?” and the demographic data is from census.gov.

Cancer Risk

A photo illustration for a Washington Post story about self-advocating for more medical testing.

Digital Writing

This image was about the different writing structures for digital writing vs. print writing, created for the NPR Training Team

Ask a Doctor column

Each week I draw a simple illustration for the Ask a Doctor column at The Washington Post.

Book Review for "The Rest of Our Lives" by Ben Markovits

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Tennessee Queens

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Six ways to get more joy with your dog

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Nightmares

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Finding Purpose

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Brick

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“The Sunflower Boys” Book Review

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Octavia Butler Portrait

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Clueless and Austen

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Dog Sitting

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Late Night TV

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Millennial Menopause

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Orbanization of America

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Literature and body image

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'Theft' Book Review

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Visa Ban

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Centenarians

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Shark Quiz

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This Must Be The Place

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Gas Prices

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 An animation for “ Think U.S. gas prices are high? Here’s how far $40 goes around the world.”  from The Washington Post.

Widow's Work

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Sorry

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Why Iowa

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Cancer Risk

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Cancer Risk

Digital Writing

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Ask a Doctor column

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