This, my first literary magazine publication, was a very long time in the making, and the remaking, and the submitting, and more submitting, etc. I’m still amazed that “Obsessed with the Dresses” actually made it into publication and I’m grateful for the many friends who helped along the way.
Feminism
No Biggie, Just Me in the TLS
My debut in the TLS is a brief review of Jeannie Vanasco’s heart-wrenching Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl.
The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked
For a Sontag geek like me this was pure pleasure (at Lit Hub).
Breaking up with The Bachelor
I had a lot of thoughts about The Bachelor, which I wrote about for Avidly.
Rape Stories are Crime Stories
Here’s an essay I wrote for Crime Reads about why books about rape are labeled memoir instead of true crime.