Clippings
Selected published stories by Kevin Koczwara.
I also worked as a prep and line cook.
Features
Shipwrecked: A Shocking Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Deep Blue Sea - Boston Magazine
How Small Farmers Are Fighting to Keep Vermont's Identity Alive - VICE
Why do hikers keep dying in the White Mountains of New Hampshire? - Boston Globe Magazine
Rodney Mullen And Daewon Song Made A Video That Changed Skateboarding Forever - Deadspin
The King of Darts - Esquire
Puppet Killer: One Man's Controversial Twitter Quest To Save American Soccer - HOWLER/VICE
The Wonderbrewer of Nowheresville - Narratively
"Redneck Geometry," Hot Saws, And The Bottom Line: Matt Cogar's Rise To America's Best Lumberjack - VICE
The Food World Is Changing. Tom Colicchio Is at Its Crossroads - VICE
Cider House Rules - MEL
How Maine’s Queen of ‘Moose Tirds’ Became an Internet Sensation - MEL
Twilight of an Enforcer - SBNation Longform
Dreams Have No Borders - SBNation Longform
Scott Zolak’s Second Act: How a Backup QB Conquered Patriots Nation - Rolling Stone
The Carpet King of San Diego: Meet Kraig Chiles, Indoor Soccer’s Most Dominant Player - Howler
How To Sell A Soccer Team, Or The Rebirth Of The Boston Breakers - VICE
The Phenomenal life of Diego Fagundez - Boston Globe Magazine
Gerald Stratford Knows How to Garden - The New York Times
Trapped: Worcester neighborhoods still suffer from the legacy of redlining - Worcester Business Journal
Essays
I Can’t Answer My Daughter's Questions About COVID-19 - Esquire
Finding the One Book My Young Son Would Sit Still To - LitHub
The Kitchen Dad - Popula
The Death of Dodge - Popula
I keep waiting for it to happen to us - Welcome to Hell World
Can American Soccer's Salvation Be Found In The Streets? - Deadspin
Literature
37 Years Later, We're Still Living the Nightmare of White Noise - Esquire
The Bestselling Author and the Sea - Esquire
A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind - Esquire
How to Tell Stories About Fascism Now - Esquire
The Enormity of It All: On Stephen Markley’s “The Deluge” - The Los Angeles Review of Books
Telling an Honest Story: A Conversation with Sammy Harkham - The Los Angeles Review of Books
Worlds Within Worlds: A Conversation with Steven Millhauser - The Los Angeles Review of Books
Food and Drink
In Praise of the Perfect Meatball Sandwich - Fifty Grande
Celebrity Chef Eric Ripert Explains How to Cook With Passion - Esquire
Ryan Burk is on a Mission to Save American Cider - Gear Patrol
For Decades, Richard Bourdon’s Been Shaping Dough and The Way We View Bread - Boston Globe
His food truck brings New Orleans flair to Worcester - Boston Globe
It Isn’t Easy Making Doughnuts This Good - Boston Globe
Spencer Brewery - Edible Boston
What is the Connection Between Hardcore Music and Boston’s Best Chefs? - Boston Globe
Shorter Stories
Frank Deford, National Humanities Medal - NEH
How One Diner Is Keeping An Old Mill Town’s Spirit Alive - Parts UnknownThe Funniest Emmy Winner You Don't Know Is Ready for Better Things - Esquire
Aya Cash Thinks 'You're the Worst' Is the Most Romantic Comedy on TV - VICE
Mr. Special Teams: How New England’s Matthew Slater Made a Career of Covering Kickoffs and Punts - Grantland
Steady As He Goes: Raheem Sterling Has Arrived at Liverpool - Grantland
An Interview with Megan Rapinoe - The Believer
The Defector King of Cuban Soccer - Gear Patrol
American Rugby ‘s Secret Weapon at the Olympics is British - Gear Patrol
Fair Game: Derrick Gordon Gets Ready for Another Season with UMass - Boston Magazine
Israeli Soccer Club Crests and Logos - Independent Lens
Bradley Wright-Phillips has reached the peak of MLS, rising from depths of English game - ESPN
This Secretive Fitness Society Pushes the Limits of Human Endurance - Men’s Health
The Colorado Gold Rush - 5280