Narrative Architecture for Visionary Leaders.
This work is designed for leaders thinking in years, not news cycles.
Insights and work featured in:
The Library of Congress · The Nation · The Yale Review · American Poetry Review · Poetry Magazine
Established lineage. Absolute discretion. Long view.
I help visionaries give durable, resonant form to the ideas that matter most.
This work bridges high-stakes literary craft and strategic information design. I listen for the intellectual heartbeat of your work and translate complex insights into enduring intellectual authority and a resonant public architecture.
Literary Honors: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellow and National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist. Author of three award-winning books published by leading presses.
Academic Leadership: 15+ years as Faculty at premier U.S. Creative Writing BA & MFA programs, including Warren Wilson and UW-Madison.
Strategic Design: Google-certified in User Experience (UX), specializing in narrative clarity and impact.
The Practice: I apply the principles of Information Architecture and User Experience (UX) to language itself, designing narrative systems that translate complex vision into enduring intellectual authority. Whether partnering with a global institution to bridge digital data with human history or a lone visionary architecting an industry manifesto, the methodology remains the same: we treat insights as "luscious stories" that require surgical assembly.
The Practice.
Audience Alignment
Identifying exactly who needs to hear the message and why.
Information Hierarchy
Restructuring complex data into a clear, authoritative story.
Voice Architecture & Integrity
Capturing the heat and conviction of your original vision.
What Clients Say.
Select Case Studies.
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Case Study: Narrative Stewardship for a Global Impact Report.
A high-stakes organization with a deep reservoir of environmental data faced a familiar challenge: the insights were sound, but the narrative structure made them difficult to absorb, share, and act upon. The work required careful translation over simple amplification.
The Approach: Drawing on principles of poetic precision and information architecture, I served as a narrative steward - working closely with existing materials to clarify hierarchy, pacing, and emphasis. The goal was to support a more durable relationship between the data and its intended audience.
—Cadence & Clarity: Corporate abstraction was reduced in favor of a clear style that allowed policy goals to surface with urgency.
—Information Architecture: The flow was restructured so the most consequential insights were also the most accessible.The Impact:
—Internal Excellence: The resulting report was recognized internally as a model for future communication.
—Durable Framework: The narrative structure now serves as the foundation for ongoing global outreach. -
Case Study: Narrative Materiality for the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress commissioned a series of works to represent the human heart of their "Collections as Data" summit. The challenge was to bridge the gap between massive digital data sets and the visceral, intimate experience of human history.
The Approach: Using a "kinesthetic thinking" process, I utilized physical collage and hand-drawn maps to synthesize complex symposium themes. This work treated data points as "luscious stories" requiring assembly into a whole.
The Impact:
—Bridging the Digital/Material: Translated abstract computational themes into an unmistakable hand-crafted aesthetic that remained technically accurate.
—The Original Digital Device: Proved the human hand remains the most effective tool for "assembling the whole" of a vision.
—Institutional Trust: Featured as a formal interview series on The Signal (The Library of Congress blog).
The Strategic Partnership.
A boutique, high-touch retainer designed to amplify your influence without taxing your time.
Voice Capture: Monthly 45-minute discovery sessions of deep qualitative listening. We architect a narrative system from the heat and integrity of your original vision, ensuring your public voice remains technically accurate and human-centered.
The Output: Narrative Toolkit. Strategic delivery of four high-resonance LinkedIn thought-leadership pieces and one long-form industry "Anchor" (Op-Ed, White Paper, or Manifesto).
The Standard: Narrative Infrastructure. Zero AI-generated filler. Every word is architected by hand through deep human listening and poetic precision. We bypass corporate abstraction to ensure your strategy is built from the inside out.
Price: Starting at $1,500/month.
Begin the Conversation.
To maintain the highest level of service, I only partner with two visionaries at any given time. Please share a few details about your vision, and I will be in touch within 48 hours to discuss potential alignment.