Writing

For Children

Stories written for young readers, and for the child still listening in every adult.

For Children ·
2026
He comes to my door in the gray light of early morning and whispers the smallest question in the world. This is an essay about the disappearing language of childhood…
For Children ·
2022
It began, as most real adventures do, with questions. A children’s story of a river journey written with a six-year-old son, on the questions children ask and the answers a father hopes to leave them with…
For Children ·
2017
Sixteen hours of labor, two hours of pushing, and then at 5:37 in the morning he was here. An essay about the day everything divided into before and after…