Sarah Lawrence College. September, 2016 The stages of grief are so well-known they've joined the armchair psychologist's lexicon....

View from the roof of the Peninsula Hotel, Manhattan, 2016 In her recent video on Lev Grossman's The Magicians trilogy, video essayist...

Hinksey Park, October 2024 In the past two months, too much happened. I got engaged, which coincided with both my birthday party and...

I'm always skeptical of when a literary agency, journal or competition has a rapid turnaround. On one hand, it's great to have a clear...

Recap: I've been rejected from two prose competitions and one poetry journal. I've submitted my work to many, many more to outpace these...

I don't know what I've gotten myself into. A year ago, I launched a Substack on the foolhardy belief I was ready to write a massive work...

Since my last post, I have received one agent rejection and one (or three?) competition rejection(s). Indomitable, I continue to write...

I've done it. Maybe. I've used my memory to enhance, rather than overwhelm, my writing. And people responded well to it.

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It's a glass of strong tea with a slice of lemon—more sweet than bitter, easy to drink, but always bites you at the end. I'm not talking...

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