WRITING

Nonfiction

The Consolation of Photographs: National Geographic as an Art Institution (2013)

Bernini and the Italian Baroque (2012)

Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park (2012)

What Makes a Vermeer (2015)

Harpo: The Harpist Who Taught Himself (2017)

American Gothic: Patriotism in an Era of Depression (2017)

Caravaggio the Murderer (2017)

The Inexplicable Tenacity of George Orwell (2017)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Convalescent’s Handbook to Becoming President (2017)

Jokes I Regret, 2023 (2023)

Our Most Dangerous Family Vacation (2023)

January at the Violin Shop (2024)

Fiction

The Existential Reprieve (2017) Note: An excerpt of this story appeared elsewhere online.