Selected Writings

Featured
New York Times Book Review
"From Jazz Age Renegade to Best-Selling Chronicler of Women’s Lives"
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Book Review
New York Times
"The Discreet Charm of a Flask"
New York Times
New York Times
The New York Review of Books
"What the Sofa Said"
The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books
New York Times Book Review
"Fighting Harassers and Stalkers on the Web, in Court and in Print"
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Book Review
The New York Review of Books
"The Equivocal Legacy of Charlotte Perkins Gilman"
The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books
New York Times
"Who Bought Sylvia Plath's Stuff?"
New York Times
New York Times
Bookforum
Review of "Difficult Women," by David Plante
Bookforum
Bookforum
New York Times, T Magazine
"Sight and Insight in the California Desert"
New York Times, T Magazine
New York Times, T Magazine
New York Times
"How I Helped My Best Male Friend Pick a Custom Wedding Suit"
New York Times
New York Times
New York Times Book Review
Review of 4 Essay Collections
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Book Review
Bookforum
Review of "Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life," by Ruth Franklin
Bookforum
Bookforum
The Irish Times
Review of "The Springs of Affection," by Maeve Brennan
The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The New Yorker
"Afterlives: My Mother's Breast Cancer, and My Own"
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
New York Times
"Plum Island's Pink House Inspires a Real Estate Fantasy"
New York Times
New York Times
New York Times Book Review
Review of "Dear Mr. You," by Mary-Louise Parker
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Book Review
The New Republic
Review of "The Witches: Salem, 1692," by Stacy Schiff
The New Republic
The New Republic
New York Magazine
"How To Spend Time Alone"
New York Magazine
New York Magazine
Glamour
Excerpt from SPINSTER: "What Would Life Look Like If Marriage Was a Maybe Thing?"
Glamour
Glamour
Cosmopolitan
"Should You Have a Baby On Your Own? Exploring the Ranks of DIY Motherhood"
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan
New York Times Book Review
Review of "Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision NOT to Have Kids," edited by Meghan Daum
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Book Review
Vogue
"Why Having an Affair Was the Best Mistake I Ever Made"
Vogue
Vogue
Slate
"Guesthouse of Mirth"
Slate
Slate
Elle
"This is 40"
Elle
Elle
New York Times Book Review
Review of "New Life, No Instructions," by Gail Caldwell
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Book Review
Wall Street Journal
"Design Inspiration from Painter Frida Kahlo's Home"
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
New York Times
"Where the Past Is Ever In Stock"
New York Times
New York Times
Bill Moyers
"Is Marriage Dead?"
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers
Poetry Foundation
"Working Girl"
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation
Wall Street Journal
"The Comfort Revolution"
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
Slate
"Why Are There No Women Writers in Vogue's Edith Wharton Spread?"
Slate
Slate