For the full interview, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on September 14, 2015. — In the sixth of her series of interviews with women who write nonfiction, E.B. Bartels speaks with bestselling memoirist and opinion writer Jennifer Finney Boylan. Jennifer Finney Boylan’s memoir, She’s
Today was a great day for women who write nonfiction. Not only did Fiction Advocate publish the September edition of Non-Fiction by Non-Men today, featuring my interview with Jennifer Finney Boylan (more on that later), but I also heard Mary Karr speak about her new book The Art of
Today is July 1st, and you know what that means––hot dogs and fireworks are right around the corner, the summer is already a third over, and with the end of the second quarter, it's time for another check-in on my 2015 reading
The Pet Fairies were bad enough. Then I made the mistake of taking the Babysitting Charge to the library, where she discovered that not only is there a Pet Fairies series, but there is also a Music Fairies series and
For the full essay, see it on Fiction Advocate. Originally published on April 16, 2015. — I began to seriously question whether or not I want to have kids one Wednesday at 9 p.m. while having my hair checked for lice. I was sitting
Yesterday marked the end of March and, therefore, the end of the first quarter of 2015, and so it seems like a good time to update you on the progress of my New Year's Resolution. In case you forgot: My goal for 2015 is to
My apologies. I haven’t written a Babysitting Book Review in a while because I have been sitting on this one, totally baffled, as, honestly, I just don’t know what to make of it. Enter: Barbie of Swan Lake. Let’s start by setting
In 2014, I read 41 books: 20 by women, 3 by people of color, 2 by women of color, and 4 by people who openly identify as gay or queer. Even though I had grad school professors dictating what I
REALLY EXCITED JUST SPENT ALL OF MY HOLIDAY/GRADUATION AMAZON/BARNES & NOBLE GIFT CARDS ON 12 BOOKS BY WOMEN: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Within the Whirlwind by Evgenia Ginzburg The Flamethrowers
Post originally appeared on Wellesley Underground on December 10, 2014. — Good nonfiction needs not just the THEN but also the NOW. When a writer tells a story from her past, if the story is really weird or funny or excellent, it