Profiles

Then, I had a kid, and he was a horrible baby. I was so tired, and I had no idea what had happened to me. All the ideas I had…

And the truth is that very little in most modern, Western kids’ lives is a tiger. As an editor, I would frequently get essays that were written in the heat…

I wanted the rhythm, dialogue, and story movement to create a kind of ping-pong sense in the reader. As if we were moving around in time in ways that both…

I think it’s tempting but also kind of dangerous to buy into the myth of the father as superhero, and it’s perhaps more important that the children see you try,…

My hope, at the end, is that as you read the essay, the diagram begins as just an image of a mechanical part but ends as a vital accompaniment to…

When I write fiction, I feel connected to the joy and beauty of life. For me there is a deeper level of truth in fiction, a complexity and, wisdom—and a…

We learn about ourselves through our past and our histories. This learning process has become more important to me as I’ve gotten older. And it goes both ways, in seeking,…

Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew discusses her writing life, spirituality, and the craft of revision.

Also, we women need to support one another, not just during those days after the delivery, but every day thereafter. It does take a village to raise a child, but…

I’d say write for yourself. Don’t worry about trends. Don’t write magazine articles because it’s a rite of passage before you can do a book. Write the thing that you…

A lot of parenting, I think (and a lot of being a child, too), can benefit from a sort of expansive boredom—an invitation to seeing. Call it parental loafing, if…