Today marks ONE MONTH that Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter has been out in the world! I can't believe it has been a month. It both flew by and also felt like the longest month of my life. More below
For the full interview, see it on Chicago Review of Books.Published on August 26, 2021. — If you know me, you know I am obsessed with Kira Jane Buxton's crow-narrated zombie apocalypse novel Hollow Kingdom, so of course I loved talking
I'm delighted to have a micro-essay (prose poem???) in the summer 2021 issue of Thimble Literary Magazine. Thank you to the editors for giving my and Richie's dead dogs a home in Vol. 4, No. 1. You can read
For the full piece, see it on Entropy. Published on January 13, 2020. — For a long time I was a photographer in addition to being a writer. Images and words always went hand-in-hand for me, and I found that often photographs influenced how
Come listen to me talk to some brilliant people about what it's like to write nonfiction about animals at the Boston Book Festival next weekend! On Sunday, October 20, I will be moderating a BBF Unbound panel called Creature Feature
It's official!!! On January 30, I sold my book Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt! My editor is the wonderful Naomi Gibbs, known for editing many incredible books, including some of my favorites from the past
For the full piece, see it on The Millions. Published on September 18, 2018. — I am really excited to have this essay up today on The Millions because I am absolutely obsessed with Sy Montgomery's new memoir. Her book, How to Be a Good Creature: A
As you may know, I've become a bit of a regular reader at the Mortified show at Oberon, thanks to the best-ever Mortified producer, Sara Faith Alterman. But now I'm super excited to share that you don't have to be in the Cambridge area
For the full essay, see it on xoJane. Originally published on November 18, 2014. --- Looking around the New England Reptile Expo, I decided I wasn’t one of these people. Older men examined crickets, kids clutched Tupperwares of geckos, but the crowd seemed mostly
That golden retriever walking on the sidewalk. That shaggy black dog standing on the sidewalk. That golden lab at the soccer field. That old black lab at the playground. That very old poodle at the playground. That Great Dane hanging out at that bar. That Miniature