i went to a conference about death and laughed a lot more than expected. here’s why: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

It's easy for many, from sexually active people to medical providers, in the United States to dismiss HIV given how much cases have declined. But a decline does not mean a disappearance. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

i knew on date two. i love you forever, kevin 🥹🥰😘❤️💍 (special shout out to everyone who lied to me to keep this a surprise, and extra special shout out to that hinge algorithm!!!!!!)

new, from me: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

anderson cooper's grief podcast is expanding. my interview with him here: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

a dentist office is scary enough, why put up halloween decorations?

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a sweet new year to all ❤️🥖

A must-read on grief, caregiving and life’s many intersections by @doliver8.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

13.1 miles 🙂 a reminder to anyone out there doubting themselves — you can do it!

i talked with emma heming willis this week and wrote a few pieces ❤️ www.usatoday.com/story/life/h... www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

can you imagine planning an engagement for today then getting overshadowed

I wrote about the gilded age www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...

my dispatch from grief camp ❤️🥹🙂 www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

fascinating read here: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

Alexis Klimpl felt an itch. So, like anyone else, she went to scratch it. But her fingers curled around something else. A massive lump on her right breast. read my latest, here: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

exCUSE me, the end of tonight’s THE GILDED AGE

this one will break me youtu.be/dZmuTiAXtQ4?...

🏃‍♂️👖😵‍💫 www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

achieved inbox zero at work, no one email me ever again please

my latest: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

highly recommend baking to the DEATH BECOMES HER musical soundtrack

THE MATERIALISTS ,,,,,, loved it! a cinematic retelling of jason robert brown’s “stars and the moon”

a complicated story we spent a lot of time on to try and get right. hope you give a read. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

had a moving, meaningful chat with teddi mellencamp. you can read it here: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

WHCD-bound 🫡📝

I find writing about my dad tricky and cathartic. Heartbreaking and heart-healing. This season has been tough. I try to capture it here. Thanks for reading.

I love this last bit of advice from @doliver8.bsky.social in @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social "My First Byline" newsletter. "Above all: This job is not your life. Call your parents, grab a drink with your friends, go on that date. It’s all more important than work." Spot on.

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists apnews.com/article/trum...

a+ THE WHITE LOTUS finale

i'm teaching a feature writing course (!) this fall and would love any recommendations you have of your favorite feature stories! this is a broad definition: can be longform, short, narrative, experimental, etc. also: best pieces of feature writing advice?

”Miyazaki said, 'I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff you can go ahead and do it. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.' He also said, 'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.'"

GREY’S ANATOMY premiered 20 years ago today 🩺❤️

🏝️ out of office until March 21 🏝️

i am having one of those weeks where i feel like a bad writer, and i want to be transparent about that for anyone who needs that. it sucks but it also isn't stopping me from doing it anyway

so frustrating: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

my heart’s opinion is that I am a writer my brain’s opinion is that writing is something I do once every month sometimes

❤️❤️ raceroster.com/events/2025/...

AP: Arab Americans for Trump, a group that played a key role in Trump’s voter outreach to the community is rebranding itself after the president said the US would “take over” Gaza. The group’s chairman said it would now be called Arab Americans for Peace. apnews.com/article/arab...

The U.S. Supreme Court may hinder access to this #HIV prevention drug by ending the requirement that insurers cover #PrEP and other preventive medical care services for free. Why? by @doliver8.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/life/h... via @usatoday.com

proud of this one: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...

Still no access to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey results... It cannot be overstated how crucial these data are to the people running our nation's K-12 schools and institutions of higher education.

In 2011, I talked with Larry Kramer in his Manhattan apartment, about his play The Normal Heart — but also about history, equality, and the future. It’s an Obama-era interview with a man who died in 2020 that remains extremely current, in many parts, today. www.metroweekly.com/2011/11/an-a...

some exciting personal news!!! i’m now deputy wellness editor at @usatoday.com 🙂 will still be reporting, but spending more of my time editing freelancers and our team’s work. excited to keep growing, and thankful to everyone who helped make this happen ❤️

loved THE BRUTALIST. my heart is aching. run, don’t walk

anyone who is lgbtq+, particularly trans people, who have trouble accessing services (i.e. cannot get their correct gender marked on passports, etc.) due to new government policies, please email me: [email protected]. thanks for the time.

I’m still here.