This is a Substack for writers and editors who are shaping difficult material into art. My approach is process-oriented, with an eye to the impact of trauma storytelling on our society. My aim is to empower people to express themselves.
Book editor, essayist, and creative writing teacher in New York. Bylines in Discover Magazine, Insider, Hippocampus, Humans and Nature, and elsewhere. I write about neuroscience, nature, parenting, and the craft of writing
For people who do language. Writing saved my lifeโso I teach writing as if it might save yours.
The internetโs most intimate, illuminating interviews with todayโs greatest writersโget an in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.
Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.
For mothers who are pissed off about sexism, household chore inequality, and endless misogynistic bullshit, and for the allies who want a better world for all of us.