Essays
Immortal Coils
published in Sweet: A Literary Confection
How a Single Piece of Clothing Can Instantly Boost Your Mood
published in O, The Oprah Magazine
Rumors of Lost Stars
published in Creative Nonfiction
What We Can't See
an interview about my essay "Rumors of Lost Stars," published in Creative Nonfiction
There's No Erasing the Chalkboard
published on The Atlantic
Pathetic, clingy, desperate for approval: Why does the Disney Channel hate moms?
published in Salon
Planting Cherries in the Sand
published in The Butter
Grades Matter in Middle School. Should They Matter at All?
published in The Washington Post
Dear Life: I'm Emotionally Out of Steam and My Solace Is Food
published in The Manifest-Station
An Open Letter to the Sneakers Hanging Over a Power Line on East Lake Sammamish Parkway
published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Quiet! The Exhaustion of Introverts with a Child Who Can't Stop Talking
published in ParentMap
What Would Jessica Fletcher Tweet?
published in PopMatters
Nothing Gold Can Stay
published in Full Grown People
Eye of the Beholder
published in Full Grown People
Hidden Falls Staircase
published in the Saint Paul Almanac
published in Sweet: A Literary Confection
How a Single Piece of Clothing Can Instantly Boost Your Mood
published in O, The Oprah Magazine
Rumors of Lost Stars
published in Creative Nonfiction
What We Can't See
an interview about my essay "Rumors of Lost Stars," published in Creative Nonfiction
There's No Erasing the Chalkboard
published on The Atlantic
Pathetic, clingy, desperate for approval: Why does the Disney Channel hate moms?
published in Salon
Planting Cherries in the Sand
published in The Butter
Grades Matter in Middle School. Should They Matter at All?
published in The Washington Post
Dear Life: I'm Emotionally Out of Steam and My Solace Is Food
published in The Manifest-Station
An Open Letter to the Sneakers Hanging Over a Power Line on East Lake Sammamish Parkway
published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Quiet! The Exhaustion of Introverts with a Child Who Can't Stop Talking
published in ParentMap
What Would Jessica Fletcher Tweet?
published in PopMatters
Nothing Gold Can Stay
published in Full Grown People
Eye of the Beholder
published in Full Grown People
Hidden Falls Staircase
published in the Saint Paul Almanac