Other Publications
A bit of this. A bit of that. Dig around and you’ll find essays, travel writing, poetry, letters, and more.
COLUMNS
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“Getting a New Tattoo in the Tenderloin — A San Francisco Sketch”
Times of San Diego; November 30, 2023
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“Hey Los Angeles: More Public Restrooms, Please!”
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“Bob Marley Still Really Wouldn’t Want You Voting for Trump”
Oside News; October 1, 2020
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“‘Wheel! Of! Fortune!’ (A Vegas Story)”
CounterPunch; June 17, 2019
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“Why Twitter brings out my worst self (and perhaps yours)”
Jamaica Observer; March 6, 2019
Also published in: Alabama Political Reporter »
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“Workshopping Myself with Writer Steve Hauk”
Oside News/North Coast Current; June 8, 2018
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“Concerning our endless quest for self-improvement”
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“John Steinbeck’s To a God Unknown: How to Be a Writer In the Age of Donald Trump”
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“How Steinbeck helps us navigate social discord”
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"John Steinbeck’s road map for resisting Donald Trump"
Tampa Bay Times; March 8, 2017
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“Trump’s Immigration Policy Imperils Americans He Seeks to Protect”
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“Is Reading Steinbeck an Antidote to Donald Trump?”
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“Trump: The 'Hemingway of Twitter'”
The Montgomery Advertiser; January 25, 2017
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“Flint must top the president-elect’s agenda”
Detroit News; November 17, 2016
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“Finding solace in Steinbeck during the time of Trump”
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“Why a ‘Friend,’ especially a dog, can improve mental health”
The Hill; November 1, 2016
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“4 More Years of Trump’s Phony Pompadour and Lochte’s Epic Pee?”
Times of San Diego; August 25, 2016
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“The best 3 things about my 3 years in Alabama”
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“What Bob Marley Can Teach Us about Donald Trump”
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“The Man Living in Front of the Maserati Store”
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“Fried Eggs on the Sidewalk and Baked Cookies in Cars”
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“An Annotated Version of Alabama Governor Bentley’s ‘Bona Fide B.S.’”
Alabama Political Reporter; June 16, 2016
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“Alabama Governor Robert Bentley is Madder than a Jackass Chewing on Bumble Bees”
Alabama Political Reporter; June 6, 2016
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“A man, a midlife crisis and a skateboard”
The Baltimore Sun; May 28, 2016
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“Bentley’s Op-Ed Proves He’s Delusional”
Alabama Political Reporter; May 11, 2016
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“Trump could do with some predictability”
The Gleaner; April 5, 2016
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“Trump is antithesis of Abraham Lincoln”
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“‘Jesus’ Scholar Marcus J. Borg Would Have Rejected Trump's Bumbling Appeal to Christian Exclusivism”
The Huffington Post; January 21, 2016
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“Hey Trump: Your So-Called ‘Favorite Book,’ The Bible, Rejects ‘The Mantle of Anger’ And Your Policies of Exclusion”
The Huffington Post; January 15, 2016
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“Waking up with Ronald Bump in 1986”
The Moderate Voice; June 15, 2016
POEMS
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“A modern day ‘My Country, ‘Tis of Thee’”
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“America is Burning”
CounterPunch; June 5, 2020
BOOK REVIEW
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“Glimpsing Steinbeck’s “Collective Mind” Through Steve Hauk’s Stories”
The LA Post-Examiner; September 19, 2018
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TRAVEL WRITING
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“Malibu Hindu Temple: A Spiritual Mecca In The Mountains”
The Culture Trip; February 9, 2017
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“LA's Museum Of Death Is Graphic, Ghoulish, And Kind Of Gross”
The Culture Trip; January 6, 2017
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“The Getty Villa: A Penny-Pinching Billionaire’s Lavish Gift To The World”
The Culture Trip; December 14, 2016
LETTERS
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“Detached observation”
Deseret News; July 17, 2017
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“Prosecutorial Ethics 101”
The New Yorker; December 11, 2016
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“Jailhouse School of Law”
The New Yorker; July 25, 2016