Hello To All This
Hello To All This When I was in grad school, my advisor gave me a piece of advice that I don’t think she intended to stay with me for as long as it has. Like...
Arrivals and Departures
Arrivals and Departures Seventeen years ago, this month, I moved into my first apartment in New York City. August is a pretty common month to move somewhere...
The Life-Changing Magic of Digital Decluttering
The Life-Changing Magic of Digital Decluttering In April, I sent out a letter called “How To Disappear,” which was about my changing relationship with the...
My Brilliant Friends
My Brilliant Friends When I was younger, I was skeptical of the friendships I saw portrayed on TV. Very few felt similar to my own. Even as a child, I knew...
How To Disappear
How to Disappear I’m trying to be online less. It’s not going well. The way Millennials and Gen Xers talk about the internet is like hearing Baby Boomers...
To The Nines
To The Nines I’m turning thirty-nine in two weeks and I’m not sure how I feel about it. I’ve never been a fan of the nines, age-wise. No one who is nineteen,...
Splits
Splits One of my first attempts at writing YA fiction was a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel that was, and remains, pretty terrible. It was one of...
Resolution
Resolution We’re a few weeks into January. How are you doing on your resolutions? If asked, I say I never make any even though I do. I always have a few:...
A Skeptic’s Guide to Bad Movies, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love, Actually
A Skeptic’s Guide to Bad Movies, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love, Actually I blame the podcast, How Did This Get Made, really. How Did This Get...
The Scary Things
The Scary Things I’ve been a writer for about twenty years. Not counting the occasional story or poem I may have written as a child, I started writing in...
