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obsessed with making space for writing in a busy life & helping you do that, too. newest 📚: THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, St. Martin's 2025. essays in Slate, Romper & other places. author of Pocket Universe & The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood.

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