February 14, 2018
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The Washington Post – “Caring for young children and elderly parents, and wrestling with resentment”
The Washington Post - "Caring for young children and elderly parents, and wrestling with resentment"...
February 14, 2018
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Pigeon Pages – “The Orange Tank Top”
A flash piece about longing, adolescence, and female-on-female gaze....
February 14, 2018
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Hippocampus – “More than I Dreamed of, Barely Enough”
Writing about writing and motherhood and too-hard avocados. SaveSave...
September 2, 2017
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The Rumpus – “Mimesis of Girlhood in Three Acts Featuring Bright Eyes”
Where I write about boys, sex, mouth guards, and music. And the sometimes sadness of growing up. ...
March 15, 2017
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MUTHA Magazine – “Such A Serious Baby”
Where I write about babies and children being real human beings with real feelings and personalities. Just like us....
November 29, 2016
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Catapult Magazine -“I Hate Shopping (and Shops are the Problem)”
I survived cyber Monday with my dignity largely intact, but that has less to do with my powers of self control and more to do with the fact that...
August 1, 2016
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Entropy Magazine – “White”
Read my ode to migraines, minivans, and Seagrams gin at Entropy. Love the fact that this photo is from my grandmother's tiny town of Schleswig, Iowa. Beautiful, stretching, restful emptiness....
July 14, 2016
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Neutrons Protons – “Swan Song of a Glowing Pregnant Goddess”
I still cringe when I remember my sanctimonious pregnant self. The blissful ignorance, the total confidence in books and their ability to solve baby problems, the rock solid belief...
June 20, 2016
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Brain, Child Magazine – “One and Two”
I'm so happy and honored and excited to be featured today in Brain, Child Magazine. This piece interrogates the ways in which we are different parents for each of our children,...