Articles, Essays, Short Stories

For the completists out there, a list of short "pieces," as we say in the trade. (Or at least, as I and a couple of editors say.) Most of these were published in magazines, but some appeared in anthologies.

I've omitted a few short paragraphs that have appeared here and there, and a couple of online magazine contributions. But all in all, I consider this compilation a reasonably good demonstration of my geeky side.

Those visible in blue are clickable links to the articles themselves.

Sports Shorts memoir by Jamie McEwan

A wrestling/family memoir appeared in Sports Shorts, an anthology published by Darby Creek in 2005.

  • "One More Year." River Runner, March, 1987. [whitewater racing]
  • "Santa Maria." In First Descents: In Search of Wild Rivers, Menasha Ridge Press, 1989. [whitewater]
  • "Messin' Around in Boats." River Runner, May, 1989. [whitewater racing]
  • "Flood of Change" River Runner, February, 1990. [whitewater World Cup]
  • "The Stars of March." River Runner, April, 1990. [whitewater racing]
  • "Closely Watched Gates." River Runner, May, 1990. [whitewater racing]
  • "Bill Endicott: Friendly Fanatic." River Runner, June, 1990. [whitewater]
  • "Whitewater Animals." River Runner, August, 1990. [racer Eric Jackson]
  • "The Basics." River Runner, October, 1990. [whitewater technique]
  • "Will the Real World Please Stand Up?" River Runner, December, 1990. [racing]
  • "Five Ring Fever." Canoe and Kayak, March, 1996. [Olympics]
  • "Years Later, I Add the Frame." Pine Plains Town and Country, June, 1996. [whitewater]
  • "The Gauley River." Pine Plains Town and Country, July, 1996. [whitewater]
  • "The Illusion of Technique." Canoe and Kayak, July, 1996. [whitewater]
  • "Personal Best." Canoe and Kayak, August, 1996. [whitewater]
  • "The Turning Season." Canoe and Kayak, October, 1996. [whitewater]
  • "Tempering." Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, November, 1996. [science fiction.]
  • "The Haah School." The Country, November, 1996. [wrestling]
  • "Far Side of the Counter." Canoe and Kayak, December, 1996.[whitewater
  • "First Descents." The 1997 Complete Guide to Whitewater Paddling: From the Publishers of Canoe & Kayak Magazine, 1997. Whitewater]
  • "Whores of the Art World." Liberty, January, 1997. [political commentary]
  • "Come-down." AMC Outdoors, March, 1997. [Housatonic River]
  • "The Sublime Irrelevance of Racing." Canoe and Kayak, March, 1997. [Whitewater]
  • "Whitewater to Die For?" AMC Outdoors, March, 1998. [Whitewater]
  • “Account of the Fatal Accident.” American Whitewater, May/June, 1999. [Whitewater expedition]
  • "Fast Floaters." American Whitewater, January/February, 2000. [whitewater]
  • “The River Bond.” Whitewater Paddling 2000, 2000. [whitewater]
  • "More Than Half," Canoe, October 2000. [whitewater]
  • Introduction to Courting the Diamond Sow, by Wickliffe Walker, pp. 13-15. National Geographic Adventure Press, 2000.
  • "Embodied," The Country, November 2001. [short story]
  • “On Being Written In.” In Sports Shorts, Plain City, Ohio: Darby Creek Publishing, 2005. [wrestling]
  • "Red Shorts, White Water," Lay-ups and Long Shots, Darby Creek Publishing, 2008. [Short story, whitewater].
  • "Munich: 'The Happy Games,'" Paddler, July/August, 2008. [Olympics]
  • "Winning Reads," Parade, August 17, 2008. [Olympic books]
  • "Taking Risks is Part of Life,"  Parade, June 21, 2009. [whitewater]
  • "Ban 'Em All," Liberty, November 2009. [Olympic politics]
  • "Does Empire Work?", Liberty, December 2009. [review of How Rome Fell]
  • "Olympic Clash over Cash," Parade Magazine, January 24, 2010. [Troubles between the USOC and the IOC.]
  • "Psychology Grows Up," Liberty, July 2010. [On Judith Rich Harris, debunker of mainstream theories of childhood development.]
  • "Rocks are Hard: Lessons from a life on the river, Part One," Canoe & Kayak, March, 2011.
  • "Rocks are Hard: Lessons from a life on the river, Part Two," Canoe & Kayak, May, 2011.
  • "An Uprising of One," Black Gate, Spring, 2011. [Fantasy short story] [Tangent Online 2011 Recommended Reading List]
  • "The Olympic Present," Canoe & Kayak, July, 2011.
  • "Setting the Stage in Bratislava," canoekayak.com, September 5, 2011. [2011 World Championships, Bratilsava, Slovakia.]
  • "Bratislava Chronicles # 2," canoekayak.com, September 6, 2011. [Worlds Inferiority Complex]
  • "Bratislava Chronicles #3," canoekayak.com, September 7, 2011. [Opening Ceremonies]
  • "Bratislava Chronicles #4," canoekayak.com, September 8, 2011. [C-2, K-1W begin, cancelled.]
  • "Bratislava Chronicles # 5," canoekayak.com, September 9, 2011. [Day off, wind.]
  • "Bratislava Chronicles #6," canoekayak.com, September 10, 2011. [All heats.]
  • "Bratislava Chronicles # 7," canoekayak.com, September 11, 2011. [C-2 & K-1W Finals; K-1M & C-1M Semis.]
  • "Bratislava Chronicles # 8," canoekayak.com, September 12, 2011. [K-1M, C-1M, & C-1W Finals; Team races.]
  • "Bratislava Farewell," canoekayak.com, September 13, 2011.  [Worlds Reflections.]
  • Get Ready: The 2012 Olympic Trials, canoekayak.com, April 11, 2012.
  • Olympic Trials Day One: Order from Chaos canoekayak.com, April 13, 2012.
  • Olympic Trials Day Two: Nothing Is Certain. canoekayak.com, April 13, 2012.
  • Olympic Trials Day Three: Final Decisions. canoekayak.com, April 14, 2012.
  • Let the Selections End, canoekayak.com, June 7, 2012.
  • US Slalom Team Set for London, canoekayak.com, June 10, 2012.
  • "Three into One," Canoe & Kayak, July 2012. Article on slalom kayak Olympic hopefuls.
  • "Racing to a Different Drummer," Canoe & Kayak, July, 2012. On slalom canoeist Benn Fraker.
  • London Olympic Preview, canoekayak.com, July 27, 2012.
  • Brit Blitz, canoekayak.com, August 3, 2012. Reporting on 2012 Olympics.
  • Iron Ring, sitezed, March 13, 2013. Memoir
  • Years Later, I Added the Frame, sitezed, April 2, 2013. Memoir.
  • We Got the (Le)fevre, canoekayak.com, May 20, 2013. Reporting from the 2013 slalom trials.
  • Denied: Linville Gorge, sitezed, July 2, 2013. Memoir.
  • Falling Castles, Black Gate magazine, July 7, 2013. Heroic fantasy.
  • Passing the Prometheum Torch, Liberty Magazine, August 2, 2013. Review.