My piece on diagnosis, disability, lifespan, and music came out today in the Huffington Post! Thanks to everyone who helped me write it -- including Millie. @dukepress.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/rare-g...

NEW EPISODE: How do you care for someone you struggle to communicate with & can never fully understand?⁠ ⁠ That's the question @danilynrutherford.bsky.social has been wrestling with for decades — ever since it became clear that her daughter would never speak, sign or use symbols to express herself.⁠

Very excited to have had a chance to talk to Anita Rao on Embodied. And the episode is out (and airing) today! @dukepress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... pod.link/1525727534/e...

Less than a week away! Thanks again, Kim Locke, Vicki Brennan, and Jeanne Shea. So excited to be getting back to Vermont!

Very smart piece by Thurka Sangaramoorthy in the Washington Post today. Amen. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Beautiful Mystery is coming to Vermont Thanks to my beloved cousin, Kim Locke, and the wonderful scholars, Vicki Brennan and Jeanne Shea for making this happen. We'll be talking about my book on Wednesday, May 6, 5-7 pm at South Burlington Library. @dukepress.bsky.social

“Any time I had a concept, I had to buy it with a story” writewhatyoulike.substack.com/p/interview-... @danilynrutherford.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social

Check out my friend Shannon Dawdy's new Substack! Chronoscope shannonleedawdy.substack.com?r=6mx7x&utm_...

I'm coming to Madison, Wisconsin, the town where I grew up! I'll be talking to Krisjon Olson, a fabulous medical anthropologist and disability scholar, about my book on March 2 from 6-7 pm at Room of One's Own, 2717 Atwood Avenue. Here's the link: roomofonesown.com/event/2026-0...

So grateful to Don Kulick for this lovely, generous review of Beautiful Mystery -- ahead of print in Language in Society. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It was so much fun to talk about Beautiful Mystery, and Noah Wardrip-Fruin's wonderful Animal Crossing: New Horizons with Megan Moodie and Donna Haraway -- and now there's a recording available! Thanks, UCSC Humanities Institute! thi.ucsc.edu/nurturing-di...

Thank the Big Beautiful Bill. New federal work requirements for SNAP begin this week, stripping long-standing exemptions for veterans, foster youth, and some parents. An even greater hunger crisis looms.

So honored to be part of Field Studio's launch! I'll be appearing with some fantastic thinkers and writers: Bridget Guarasci, Aisha Beliso-De Jesús, Sophia Stamatopolou-Robbins, and Laurence Ralph. @dukepress.bsky.social field-studio.org/shop/classes...

Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.

So excited to share a stage with @n-w-f.bsky.social -- whose book is beautiful and so illuminating -- not to mention @djeanneh.bsky.social and @megancmoodie.bsky.social. Thanks so much to Megan, for her hard work making this happen, and to the Humanities Institute for hosting us.

Next week I'll be joining @danilynrutherford.bsky.social at UC Santa Cruz to talk about our new books with @djeanneh.bsky.social and Megan Moodie. It'll be a mix of the scholarly and personal, with two experiences of parenting and disability at the core thi.ucsc.edu/event/nurtur...

"These days, so much turns on our collective ability to open ourselves to new ways of being with one another. This is the first lesson from Millie's world: You don't have to be the same to be close." This extraordinary new book by Danilyn Rutherford is such a moving and compelling read.

In a few hours, I get to talk to Anand Pandian and Ashanté Reese about Beautiful Mystery! So excited. If you have a minute at 1 Eastern, 10 Pacific, here's the link: sarweb.org/date/beautif...

So excited to be in conversation Anand Pandian and Ashanté Reese! We had so much fun talking about Something Between Us that we decided to do it again. Thanks to SAR for hosting us. You can register here: sarweb.org/date/beautif... @anandian.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social

Totally enjoyed talking to Alex Frnka about my book. www.instagram.com/reel/DSVVVH9... The full episode is here: babesinbookland.buzzsprout.com/2339134/epis...

My piece on Dagmar Herzog's wonderful book, The Question of Unworthy Life, and the Trump administration's assault on disabled people is featured today in Somatosphere! @dukepress.bsky.social somatosphere.net somatosphere.net/disability-a...

I'm coming to Boulder a week from Friday to talk about Beautiful Mystery. Thanks to Kate Goldfarb for the kind invitation! @dukepress.bsky.social

My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the sandwich generation, of which I am one, and how we became the triple sandwich generation in Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... @jillgrinberglit.bsky.social @economichardship.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social link in comments

Friends in Denver, and friends with friends in Denver, I’ll be coming to Bookies Bookstore on Saturday, December 13 to talk about Beautiful Mystery. So happy to have the worlds of people like her are under threat. @dukepress.bsky.social thebookies.com/events/41517...

This morning I had a chance to talk to Emily Peck and Becky Pinsker about caregiving and how bad our society is at funding it. It's still airing around the country, but the recording will be here. Super grateful for this opportunity. @dukepress.bsky.social the1a.org/segments/the...

Tomorrow at NYU! I'll be talking about Beautiful Mystery with Elayne Oliphant, a brilliant scholar and wonderful friend. You don't actually need an NYU ID to get in. @dukepress.bsky.social

Really looking forward to the conversation with Summerson Carr next week in Chicago, where a bunch of my book takes place -- at the Seminary Coop, one of the best bookstores in the world! @dukepress.bsky.social www.semcoop.com/event/danily...

Just learned that you don't have to be in New York to attend my book talk on Wednesday. They're broadcasting it on Zoom! @dukepress.bsky.social columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/9786198924...

Just learned that you don't have to be in New York to attend my book talk on Wednesday! It will be broadcast on Zoom. Here's the link! columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/9786198924...

Coming up this Wednesday! I'm really looking forward to being in conversation with the wonderful writer and thinker, Rachel Adams. Friends in New York, I'd love it if you could join us! @dukepress.bsky.social

On Oct. 31st, 12:00 PM Eastern check out the panel discussion on "Careers in Anthropology" hosted by the Society of Cultural Anthropology. zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New York friends, join me this Thursday for a Beautiful Mystery book launch at the Graduate Center, in conversation with my brilliant friend and colleague, Dagmar Herzog. Thanks to my brilliant friend and colleague, Jeff Maskovsky, for hosting us! @dukepress.bsky.social

Coming to Purdue on Monday! So excited to be in conversation with Sherri Briller. @dukepress.bsky.social

Beautiful Mystery, New York again! On November 10, I'll be speaking with my dear friend and colleague, the wonderful Elayne Oliphant, at NYU. @dukepress.bsky.social

And on November 5, I'll be in conversation with the brilliant writer and thinker Rachel Adams at Columbia! @dukepress.bsky.social

Excited to be giving an Anthropologies of Tomorrow Lecture at Purdue on October 27. I'll be talking about Beautiful Mystery with Sherri Briller. It's open to the public! Thanks to Kali Rubaii for the kind invitation! @dukepress.bsky.social

Beautiful Mystery in New York! I have three events coming up -- on October 30, I'll be at the Graduate Center in conversation with my brilliant friend, Dagmar Herzog. Thanks to Jeff Maskovsky for setting this up! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social

Thanks to Abby J. Perry for this interview in Common Good Magazine! @dukepress.bsky.social @commongoodmag.bsky.social commongoodmag.com/the-secret-t...

Beautiful Mystery in Stockholm! Excited to be in conversation with the wonderful writer Fanny Ambjörnsson on autoethnography and care. Thanks to the Department of Social Anthropology for hosting us! @dukepress.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...

Last night, I shared Beautiful Mystery with Millie and her flock, alongside the wonderful authors, Dena Taylor and Becky Taylor. I'm so grateful to everyone who helped me launch, write, and live this book. You know who you are! tellmethenumberbeforeinfinity.com www.dukeupress.edu/beautiful-my...

Such an exciting launch day for Beautiful Mystery! I'm a guest on two podcasts that dropped today, with two wonderful hosts: Michelle Glogovac and Kelley Vick. Read the Damn Book (podcast): open.spotify.com/episode/6VBY... Literary Prospects (podcast): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZEN...

I was just a guest on NPR's 1A talking about care, loneliness, Medicaid cuts, and my daughter's life. So happy and grateful to get to share our story. We need to fight back. the1a.org/segments/wha...

Excited to share this converation about Beautiful Mystery with the wonderful and wise Joshua Reno! campanthropology.org

Thank you, Richard Grinker, for setting the record straight. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Some Beautiful Mystery news. My book's launch date is coming up fast, and Shared Adventures is helping Millie and me throw a party! The wonderful authors Dena Taylor and Becky Taylor are joining us. Love to see you if you’re going to be in Santa Cruz. sharedadventures.org/beautiful-my...

My book is ready to ship! Thanks so much to everyone who preordered -- I'd love to have an audio version for Millie (who loves listening), and this is helping. The discount code still works: E25RTHFD. So grateful to everyone who has helped us along the way. www.dukeupress.edu/beautiful-my...

I’m a Proud Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

My good friend, the amazing Dagmar Herzog, is launching her new book! www.e-flux.com/events/67832...

"places to stay"

Coming in November! Excited to talk about my book in one of my favorite bookstores with one of my favorite people. www.semcoop.com/event/danily...