Daniel is a PhD candidate in Literature & Creative Writing at the University of Utah with an MFA from Notre Dame, where he was a Nicholas Sparks Fellow. His work has been supported by Bread Loaf, Tin House, the Kenyon Review, and the NYS Summer Writers Institute. He is currently based in Salt Lake City with his dog, Arthur, where he is working on a novel, an essay collection, and ongoing experiments in collage.
The Kenyon Review, essay “A Temporary Home for Lost Cats” (forthcoming)
Ninth Letter, essay "Promiscuous Young Men" (2024 Ninth Letter Award for Creative Nonfiction; forthcoming)
The Georgia Review, essay "The Art of Training Dogs"
West Branch, essay "People Stuff" (interview)
Black Warrior Review, essay "Faint Illuminations of the Unknowable" (read)
Chicago Review, story "A Girl Named Montgomery" (read)
Action, Spectacle, essay “The Right Kind of Weather for Writing” (read)
Cleveland Review of Books, article "Play Acts: or, How I (Literally) Survived a Zombie Apocalypse" (read)
The Cincinnati Review, essay "Curious and Entertaining Facts About Whales" (read and listen)
The Yalobusha Review, essay "Inauspicious Beginnings" (read)
Denver Quarterly (F I V E S), poem "NO_FUTURE" (read)
The Sun, essay "100 Dollars" (Pushcart Prize Special Mention; read)
Storm Cellar, story "Logic Puzzles" (read)
Tin House Online, story "The Edifice" (read)
The Penn Review, story "Hard Candy" (read)
North American Review (Open Spaces), essay "Collecting Hubert Creekmore" (read)
The Baltimore Review, essay "Five Handy Men" (read)
