Essays & Stories

Journalism & Book Reviews

• “The Force is With Them” New York Times Book Review
• “A Teenager’s Life in the Aftermath of Her Mother’s Sudden Death,” New York Times Book Review
• “Imaginary Friends” New York Times Book Review
• “Shortlist Review: Love” New York Times Book Review  
• “Shortlist Review: Trouble in Paradise” New York Times Book Review 
• “Mary-Louise Parker Talks Motherhood, Grief, & Self-Criticism” Slate
• “Live from the Chick-Lit Dungeon: Elizabeth Gilbert Interview” Slate
• “Sherman Alexie Interview” Failbetter
• “Anne Tyler Interview” Failbetter
• “Happy All The Time: Loving Laurie Colwin” Post Road 
• “Non-Idiots in Love” Shelf Discovery
• 7 Classic Feminist YA Books, Huffington Post
• “Farrar, Straus, and Giroux” Poets & Writers Magazine
• “Vermont Studio Center” Poets & Writers Magazine

Short Stories—Anthologies

• “How to Find Love” Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood New York: Simon & Schuster
• “How to Tell A Story” Zoetrope II New York: Harcourt
• “How to Tell A Story” New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best
• “My Mother’s First Lover” Best New American Voices
• “World History” American Fiction, 9th Edition
• “Alibi” Who Done It? New York: Simon & Schuster

Prizes & Honors

• A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
• A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
• A Bank Street Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
• A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year for Kissing in America
• American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults for Kissing in America
• Amelia Bloomer Project List of Recommended Feminist Literature for Kissing in America
• An Oprah Summer Reading List Selection for Kissing in America
• A Spirit of Texas Selection for Kissing in America
• A TAYSHAS High School Reading List Selection for Kissing in America
• A Junior Library Guild Selection for Kissing in America
• An Amazon Best Book of the Month for Kissing in America
• An Amazon Best Young Adult Summer Read for Kissing in America
• Lila Wallace Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony
• Teddy Book Award for Best Novel for Cures for Heartbreak
• Booklist Best Books of 2007 for Cures for Heartbreak
• Kirkus Best Books of 2007 for Cures for Heartbreak
• Association of Jewish Libraries Notable Book for Cures for Heartbreak
• Booksense Pick for Cures for Heartbreak
• ALA Quick Pick for Missing Persons
• Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor for Missing Persons
• Grand Prize, Zoetrope Fiction Contest for “How to Tell A Story”
• First prize, The Atlantic Monthly Fiction Contest for “My Mother’s First Lover”
• First prize, American Fiction for “World History”
• Third Prize, Glimmer Train Stories Short Story Award for New Writers
• PEN/Syndicated Fiction Project Award for “Shanah Tovah”