Pandemic Life
An essay about pandemic life, caring for chickens, the persistence of beauty, the end of the sun, with gratitude to Berfrois for publishing it: “Midnight Sun.” Here is the actual Beauty: At this time, I am home schooling a fifth grader, teaching an online writing class for Stanford Continuing Studies, and trying to hold both
November 2019 Updates
Like most of us, I’ve become so conditioned to flitting between the various social media outlets (except Instagram–sorry, I still cannot [do not want to?] figure out Instagram!) that I’ve neglected to share happenings here. It’s been a busy summer and fall. Some quick updates: –I’ve been doing various readings and discussions for The Risk
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Collected Conversations About The Risk of Us
In the three weeks since the publication of The Risk of Us, I’ve been fortunate to speak with many sensitive and incisive interviewers. We’ve had conversations about whether unconditional love is possible, and what it takes to get there as a family; about the foster care system and the inherent failings of institutional care for
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The Risk of Us Launches Tuesday, 4/9 at Green Apple Books on the Park
The hour is nearly here. My novel The Risk of Us is coming out next Tuesday, and I’ll be launching a reading tour Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. at Green Apple Books on the Park, 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco in conversation with novelist and Chronicle columnist Vanessa Hua. If you could make it, I’d be most
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