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Short Fiction

“The Song of the Bow,” Electric Literature: Recommended Reading. Dec. 9, 2024.
An entwined story of two Orthodox yeshiva boys and two trans-masculine lovers living in the same neighborhood.

Nonfiction: Essays, Reportage, Reviews

“Continual Self-Revision: Bee Sacks on Coming Out as a Nonbinary Author,” Literary Hub. May 13, 2024. rere
In which I reinscribe myself as a genderqueer person and give myself a new name.

“Writing a Novel to Encounter Other Versions of Myself,” Literary Hub. Aug. 1, 2023.
An essay that considers how fiction allows me to imagine my life had I made different choices. (Please note that anything published prior to this piece will appear under my birthname, Rebecca, not my chosen name, Bee.)

“Angel Olsen and Jules Ohman Talk Queer Joy,” Elle. June 15, 2022
A conversation between musician Angel Olsen and novelist Jules Ohman.

“Humor and Haunting,” Sources. Fall 2021. (Print)
Book review of Joshua Cohen’s The Netanyahus.

“Letter from Jerusalem: Waiting for the Siren,” The Paris Review Daily. July 11, 2014.
Meditation on violence as a relief from ethical questions.

“Reading with Louis,” Full Stop. December 16, 2013.
Personal essay on encountering my late grandfather through the marginalia of his favorite novel, The Magic Mountain by Mann.

“One Perfect Room,” Departures. June 2012. (Print)
A review of NYC’s finest hotel rooms.

“Rockette Science,” Vanity Fair. Dec 2011. (Print)
Spotlight on the distinctly American confection of the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular.

“Brooklyn’s Date with Don Delillo,” Vanity Fair Daily. Feb. 10, 2010.
Write-up of Delillo’s eventful Brooklyn reading for Point Omega.