Publications

A Future Without Him, Aided by Duct Tape–New York Times, February 2018
Trump’s Win is like a Death in the Family–Huffington Post, November, 2016
Dear Adam Goldberg, Show your Mother Some Respect–Huffington Post, October, 2016
Camping with a Modern Family–Huffington Post, September, 2016
Sense of Entitlement? There’s an App for that!–Huffington Post, September, 2016
Don’t Worry About Your Nerd–Huffington Post, August, 2016
Dealing With the Loss of a Husband–O, the Oprah Magazine, May, 2016
Humor: A Reader for Writers-– Oxford University Press, December, 2014
Tricks in the Book–The Smart Set, March, 2014
Counting my drinks–Salon, October, 2013
How to Reinvent Your Career–Family Circle, May, 2013
Helicopter Parenting in the College Years—Family Circle, September, 2012
W.S. Di Piero Is the Hundred Thousand Dollar Poet From South Philly–Philly Weekly,
27 June, 2012
The poet was nationally recognized for a lifetime’s worth of writings.

Words we had after he died — Salon, 12 April 2012
When we lost my husband to cancer, my family’s world went upside down. We made sense of it the best we could.

Parenting secrets of a college professor — Salon, 28 February 2012
On campus, I see the damage that anxious overparenting has created. So, in my home, I’m trying something different.

Slam Bam, and other casual strategies of connection — WHYY Newsworks, Creative Connectors, 30 September 2011

For One Year and Always — Drunken Boat, Summer 2011
I argue with myself as I leave my house and on the drive to his house and all the way up until I ring his doorbell.

Sex, Death, and Birth Control New York Times’ Motherlode, 27 July 2011
Allison and I are at the Crystal Lake Diner, her favorite place for lunch with me alone since she was about 5 years old. She is now 17.

Haunted House — Opium Magazine, March 2011
I grew up in a haunted house.

Feeding People — The Smart Set, 28 September 2007
It helps me stay connected to them, even after they’re gone.