for @nytimes.com, i wrote about the 18th-century sculptures that helped me see myself in a new light— www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/m...

i wrote about the new wave of disability memoirs, and the ways we write our lives for public consumption, for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

summer books summer books summer books themillions.com/2025/07/the-...

so pleased to see my essay on love, work, and robert caro from vol. 1 of @clereviewbooks.bsky.social now available online! one of my favorite things i've gotten to write (also—subscribe to crb!!) clereviewofbooks.com/in-sickness-...

i'm looking for books—fiction, nonfiction—that consider questions around speech and disfluency, i.e. talking and/or stuttering. where should i start?

for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social quarterly, i wrote about the puerto rican poet julia de burgos—her life and work, and the courage and conviction that guided both lareviewofbooks.org/article/risi...

i wrote about a few centuries' worth of romantic advice for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

Recent review of the book by @thepointmag.bsky.social editors Anastasia Berg & Rachel Wiseman “The book, then, is not trying to incite moral panic…Decision-making, not the merits of motherhood, is the issue at the core of Berg and Wiseman’s project…”

despite all meteorological evidence to the contrary it is apparently "spring" so here are 100+ spring books worth checking out— themillions.com/2025/04/the-...

i wrote about michelle de kretser's scary smart THEORY & PRACTICE—an early contender for my favorite book of the year—over at @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

"Introspection is a natural recourse for those of us who haven't been struck by a primal yen to be mothers. It’s also lonely and yields diminishing returns." @sophiastewart.bsky.social on Anastasia Berg's and Rachel Wiseman's "What are Children For?" www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/anas...

i wrote about (not) having kids for @clereviewbooks.bsky.social www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/anas...

I hope fans of A DIFFERENT MAN will read this smart and gorgeous essay by @sophiastewart.bsky.social

some thoughts on aaron schimberg's A DIFFERENT MAN and disability and getting stared at lareviewofbooks.org/article/not-...

rounded up a few (90+) eye-catching books out this season themillions.com/2025/01/most...

it's that time—welcome to a year in reading 2024! themillions.com/2024/12/a-ye...