RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“Haunted: The Gothic Motherhoods of Shirley Jackson and Diane Arbus” (Literary Mama | Nov. 2019)
ESSAY
What the writer Shirley Jackson and photographer Diane Arbus taught me about the everyday hauntings of motherhood.
“Dead Scientists Society: Experiments in Creativity and Parenting” (Literary Mama | Feb. 2019)
ESSAY
How seven dead scientists—from Marie Curie to Rachel Carson—have shaped my writing since becoming a parent.
“The Literary Ada” (LabLit | Oct. 2018)
essay
In honor of Ada Lovelace Day 2018, a round-up of fictional re-imaginings of the Victorian programmer.
“A Conversation with Juli Berwald” (Literary Mama | Sept. 2018)
interview
I talk with science writer Juli Berwald, author of Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, about the intersections of her writing and parenting lives.