Press & Publicity

In Finishing my book, i rewrote the story of my own life {Vogue}

I’d never met a metaphor I didn’t like.

I’d recently started going to the beach each night to do something I called “death practice,” an exercise that involved watching the sun disappear behind the ocean while I envisioned myself taking my final breaths. It was late summer in 2020, and it seemed perfectly appropriate to be imagining my own death every day. The world was in the midst of a pandemic. I’d just turned 40. And, though I wasn’t ready to admit it yet, my marriage was bleeding out. {…keep reading on Vogue.com…}

Say Gay {Salon}

I don't have kids in Florida. Or any of the other states – the list seems to be growing by the day – that have passed or are considering versions of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" legislation, which is set to go into effect on July 1. 

My three children go to public school on the westside of Los Angeles, which is basically the opposite of Florida.  Out here, kids say gay at school, on the playground, and – brace yourself – in church.  And lately, mine have been saying it at the dinner table, since their mom unexpectedly found herself inside the umbrella of LGBTQIA when she discovered at 40 that she's attracted to women. {Keep reading on Salon.com . . . }

The Story That Saved Me: On Writing My Way Out of a Life That No Longer Felt Like Mine {Literary hub}

The clouds were dark over the ocean as I sat next to my husband on a beach chair in Mexico. I’d been feeling a vague sort of apprehension all weekend, and now it was Sunday, the day before we were supposed to fly home. The approaching storm struck me as an appropriate ending to the four-day vacation we’d taken to celebrate my thirty-ninth birthday. We’d bickered through most of it. And now forty was coming for me. Black clouds seemed about right. {…keep reading on Literary Hub…}

25 New Summer Books to Add to Your 2022 Reading List {Good Housekeeping}

When Merit meets the supernova architect Jane, her marriage and home life had just started to feel a little stale. But Jane injects it with a jolt of electricity that's more than a work friendship, it's a chance to imagine a different kind of life. This story of female relationships will spark your own imagination, too. {…keep reading on Good Housekeeping…}