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When being you takes courage

Last week, the Internet was aflutter that Sports Illustrated had put a “plus size” model in its swimsuit issue. This week, I keep hearing buzz about Cindy Crawford’s bravery for allowing this unretouched photo of her forty-something-year-old body to be printed in Marie Claire. This all is supposed to make me happy, I know. It’s […]

Tales from the Triangle

I was a paper girl when I was a teenager. Because I was undocumented, I couldn’t get an after school job that required a social security number like some of my friends did. At the time, newspaper delivery was still a thing done by kids on bikes and it was an all-cash affair. I was […]

When soda kills

It’s official, people. I have become the kind of mother who texts her children links to articles about how soda is going to kill them. Not content to force them to watch documentaries about obesity in America, I have now taken to making them read about it too. Can you hear that? That’s the sound […]

How cool is my library!

I’ve known for a while that my local library has two copies of my books. (Not like I’m stalking my book online or anything). But I’ve never seen it on the shelf because it’s always checked out. This week, however, I finally spotted it. It’s got a little sticker on it that says “Leonia Author.” […]

Best sleeping technique: stop judging

This morning I watched a kerfuffle erupt on Facebook over the issue of whether to co-sleep or Ferberize. It made me wonder: why are we as women so intent on judging one another? I was an avowed co-sleeper when my children were small. Keeping your baby in bed with you (or at least in the […]

Ethan Hawke in Hamlet!

Oh my goodness, peeps, in a news flash about as instantaneous as a 7th generation turtle bringing you tidings of a little thing called the Black Death, I am here to tell you that my darling Ethan Hawke starred in a version of Hamlet. Okay, granted, it was in the year 2000. In my defense, […]

The old lady on the block

For years I’ve been the youngest person on my block by about two decades. As a new mom with small babies I used to envy my girlfriends who, either through luck or better planning, lived on a block with other people their age. I had plenty of girlfriends in town, just not a pleasant stroll […]

Oh my goodness. I love this man.

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Updates on Events and Appearances

Hello, loves. I have gotten several emails about when I’ll next be signing books so I wanted to write a quick post to acknowledge that I am being a total slug about updating my Events page. I am going to be ata bunch offestivals this spring, as well as doingsomeschool visits, and I promise to […]

Gifts for book nerds

It is no secret that I am a card-carrying book nerd. I love to write books, of course. But, like most writers, I was first an avid reader. I’m not sure I could list out all the ways in which books made my life, sparked my joy and taught me to think bigger. But, needless […]