Selected Essays:
On Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, for Harper’s, May 2025
On atomic tourism in Arkansas, The Baffler no. 76, November 2024 (supported by the Pulitzer Center)
On the tragic life of Elizabeth Clare Prophet for Harper’s, June 2024
On near-death experiences and the mall for The Baffler No. 55 (noted in Best American Essays 2022)
On the trash fire that will inherit the Earth for The Baffler No. 49, January 2020 (featured on Longreads)
On Doris Lessing and creepy babies for The New Yorker, May 2019
On William James and psychics for Lapham’s Quarterly, February 2019
On Leo Szilard, nukes, and talking dolphins for Hazlitt, July 2018
On Elena Ferrante’s good-bad book covers for The Atlantic, July 2016
On death memoirs, my dad, and sandwiches for Lithub, February 20
On the internet, and my dad’s weird tombstone for Broadly, March 2016
Emily Harnett 