Work in Progress: Excerpts from memoir, "When You Love Nothing, Love Steven"

When You Love Nothing Love Steven is a coming-of-age memoir, the sort that falls far beyond what we consider the male requisite. Through vignettes and illustrations, I sort through decades of friendships that fall inside what some would call too-intimate for “just friends,” what others in would define as the bare minimum in any relationship. How did I make it through all of these years? Reply hazy, try again later.

When You Love Nothing Love Steven is my coming-of-age memoir about growing up while enduring chronic child abuse. Through vignettes and illustrations, I sort through decades of friendships that fall inside what some would call too-intimate for “just friends,” what others in would define as the bare minimum in any relationship. How did I make it through all of these years? Reply hazy, try again later.

I’m expecting to publish WYLNLS in spring 2026.