Here it comes! My next book!

Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents comes out September 1 from University of Nebraska Press. For this collection of all-original work, I commissioned 25 writers to explore a trait they’ve inherited from a parent, to reflect on how it affects the lives they lead...

The Way Forward

An essay on my unstoppable mother’s latest move. Appearing in the current issue (November 2014) of O, The Oprah Magazine (available on newsstands, the Internet, iPads, and implanted brain chips). This is part of a collection of useful, moving, and timely...

Quibbling Siblings: Eldercare Edition

MORE Magazine is staffed by a bunch of thoughtful, curious smartypants, which may be why two of my best-ever assignments came from them. One, in their May 2012 issue, investigates how sibling relationships are affected by caregiving for elderly parents…and what...