CONVERSATIONS

Better Said Than Written Podcast

Stories of Survival: How Ina Garten Changed My Life | A featured reading of my LA Times essay “How Ina Garten Changed My Life,” introduced as a story of survival and recovery.

Arkana Literary journal

Interview | Discussing creative nonfiction, memoir, and the inspiration behind my Editor’s Choice Award–winning, Best of the Net nominated essay “to the pretty brunette…”

Life Après podcast

Conversation | On reinvention, writing through upheaval, and finding meaning through storytelling.

FEATURED WORK

Memoir Land substack

Memoir Monday Features | Essays selected for a recurring curated Substack roundup of contemporary memoir writing (35K+ subscribers).
LA Times: Depression and insomnia are part of my family history. Will my kids be OK?
HuffPost: I Was Just A Bartender. Then One Of My Regulars Began Posting Suggestive Photos Of Me Online.
X-R-A-Y Literary Journal | “Just the Edges"

The Memoirist substack

Features | A curated literary memoir publication showcasing contemporary personal essay writing and narrative nonfiction (25k+ subscribers).
“Fifteen Places” — reprinted from The Rumpus (Voices on Addiction column)
The Beauty of Talking to Strangers — original essay, The Memoirist

ON SCREEN

Selected video interviews, readings, discussions, and literary features across social media platforms. These appearances explore themes that frequently emerge in my work, including motherhood, mental health, identity, relationships, recovery, and pop culture.

HuffPost: This Made Me Series

How 'Little Giants' Made Me Feel Seen As A 'Tomboy'

RECOGNITION & NOTABLE MENTIONS

MindSite News

Featured coverage discussing my Los Angeles Times essay on insomnia, parenting, and mental illness.

Parents & Professors Podcast

Reporting on Generation Alpha discussed in Episode 30.

Abortion, Every Day

Reporting on Michigan's Proposal 3 featured in Jessica Valenti’s newsletter coverage.

Coffee and Paneer

Featured for Short Story Sunday.

Additional Mentions

Selected citations, features, interviews, and discussions across literary, cultural, and news platforms, including:

Medium — Combat Trust Issues in Your Long-Distance Relationship
BuzzFeed — People Are Sharing The Sweetest Things Their Parents Did To Make Their Childhoods Magical, And I Definitely Shed A Few Tears
HuffPost — 13 Little Ways Parents Made Their Kids' Childhood Feel Magical
HuffPost — The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week (Aug. 24–30)
HuffPost — People Who Lost Their Dads Share How To Cope On Father's Day

Academic Indexing

EBSCO Academic Search Ultimate
“What Michigan’s Proposal 3 Means for Abortion Rights” (The Progressive, Vol. 87, No. 1, 2023), indexed in EBSCO’s Academic Search Ultimate database.