In addition to his photography work, Van Sise is both a published author and translator. His written work has earned him residencies at Serenbe and the New York Public Library.
Published and Scheduled Literary Work:
Books:
"Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry" (with foreword by Mary-Louise Parker)- Schaffner Press/IPG (full length illustrated book, 186pp, 2019) Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound
"A Feast for Five" (illustrated by R.O. Blechman) (full length travel memoir, 2021)
"Invited to Life" (full length illustrated book, 196pp, 2022)
"Four Quartets: Poetry in the Pandemic" - Tupelo Press (full length illustrated book, 250pp, 2020)
"The Year" - Crack the Spine Press (anthology of short non-fiction)
Travel Essays:
"A Thorn or Two" - Intrepid Times (travel essay- Kosovo)
"Can You Hear Me Now?" - Nowhere Magazine (travel essay- Outer Mongolia) | featured on The Rumpus
"A Treasured Guest" - Intrepid Times (travel essay/humor- Kazakhstan)
"Tokyo Rising" - BuzzFeed News (travel essay/humor-Japan)
"The Hostile Mirror" - Atlas Obscura (travel essay - Sardinia)
"High Water" - Wanderlust Magazine (travel essay- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
"Daytime Effects" - River River (short travel essay- Great Smoky Mountains)
"Stuffed Reindeer for Sale" - Intrepid Times (travel essay- Arctic Finland)
"Blow Something Up" - Intrepid Times (travel writing suggestions)
Nonfiction:
"Faux Pas" - The Southampton Review (memoir)
"A Life Worth Dying For" - The Intrepid Times (creative non-fiction)
"The Infinite Highway" - The Intrepid Times (creative non-fiction)
"From Parents the Same" - The North American Review (essay)
"Body Language"- Poets & Writers Magazine (essay)
"Going Elsewhere"- fstoppers (essay)
"No One's From Nowhere" - Eclectica (creative non-fiction)
"Salvation"- Stonecrop Magazine (creative non-fiction)
"The Night Shift"- Stonecrop Magazine (creative non-fiction)
"Spandex World" - River River (creative non-fiction)
"Bombed at Pearl Harbor" - As You Were (creative non-fiction)
"1000" - Stonecrop Magazine (essay)
"Lost, in Translation" - Collateral (military creative non-fiction)
"The Monks of Manhattan" - Photo Brigade (essay with photographs)
Fiction:
"On Speaking Terms" - Camas Magazine (fiction)
"Hoping You Are Too" - The MacGuffin (fiction)
"To Whom It May Concern"- Virga Magazine (fiction hybrid)
"Back From a Four Week Cruise Down the Nile"- 42 Stories Anthology (fiction)
"New Voice Memo"- Ripples in Space (fiction)
Interviews:
"Abstract Questions and Abstract Answers" - Fordham Magazine (interview)
Postcards:
"Strange and Charm" - Fordham Magazine (flash nonfiction, profile)
"Next Year"- Fordham Magazine (flash nonfiction, news)
"La Bocce Vita" - Fordham Magazine (flash nonfiction, travel)
Reviews and Criticism:
Reviews in The New York Journal of Books