Currently an MFA candidate in writing at the University of Minnesota in lovely Minneapolis, I have previously worked as a neighborhood reporter in Brooklyn, a pop culture blogger at MTV, and a speed typist in Beijing, China. Contact me at asquinlan [at] gmail.
ESSAYS
New York Without a Net, The New York Observer
Leech, Meet Patient The New York Times
The Night We Sneaked Into the Center of the World, The Awl
The Year of Men: An Expat in China, Candor
PEOPLE
The Pastel Dream of the Developer, The Washington Post
A Real Life Comic-Book Superhero, Newsweek
Eva, Queen of the Russians The New York Times
Liu Bolin at the World Trade Center The New York Times
The Man Who Would Love Rocks The New York Times
Wells Tower, Neighborhood Dude The Greenpoint Gazette
That’s Mark Jenkins All Over The Washington Post
A Busy Day for Nuptials Across New York State The New York Times
SCENES
A Sense of Euphoria Settles over the West Village The New York Times
Fun and the Games The Washington Post
The Second City Beneath Our Feet The New York Times
Live-blogging a Boat The New York Times
How to Write a Joke in China Time Magazine
The Bearded Among Us The Greenpoint Gazette
Building a Model New York, Only to Torch It The New York Times
St Patrick in the Middle Kingdom Time
As Goes DeNiro… The New York Observer
Flaubert’s Parrots The New York Observer
11 Can Cans in 10 Hours, That’s Bastille! The New York Times
Video: The Night Same-Sex Marriage Passed The New York Times
Photo Essay: New York on the Sound Stage The New York Times
CULTURE
Bright, Blinking Beacons That Are Still Easily Missed The New York Times
Scrawling on the Cubicle Walls The New York Times
With New City T-Shirts, City Shoots for the Hip The New York Times
The Death of H&H The New York Times
Greenpoint, meet Dominique Strauss Kahn The New York Times
Selling Pieces of Brooklyn, But Not the Bridge The New York Times
Hong Kong’s T-Shirts, Triads Time Magazine
The Expat Factor: Voting Abroad The New Republic
MUSIC & FILM
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! Paper Magazine
Sleigh Bells @ Bushwick Masonic Temple MTV
Beach House @ Webster Hall MTV
Playlist MTV
Film Review: Accepted Washington Post
Film Review: 13 Tzameti Washington Post
