I am a journalist by training, a creative writer and blogger by trial and error :) The list below is a selection of literary-type articles I've written for professional outlets, culled and curated for an Egalitarian Bookworm crowd. Enjoy.
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- The Fruit of ‘Franzenfreude’ via Forward.com – Blogs – Sisterhood Blog on 10/14/10Banned Books Week: It’s (Almost) Always About Sex | RHRealityCheck.org on 9/29/10
- Howls of Anger, and of Liberation (Film review of “Howl”| The Nation, October 1, 2010
- This Year Female Writers Kicked Up Literary Dust via Women’s eNews by on 12/23/10
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Why we should cheer Lisbeth Salander - CSMonitor.com—Christian Science Monitor, July 2010
- Larsson's 'Hornet Girl' Stirs Summer Book Buzz from Women's eNews, July 2, 2010
- Enlightened Sexism' in Media Obscures Reality Women's eNews , April 23, 2010.
- Set in Westport, a Jewish Retelling of 'Sense and Sensibility', The Sisterhood, March 10, 2010
- 'Dead in the Family': How Charlaine Harris and HBO's 'True Blood' Vampires Stack Up, May 4 2010
- Can a baby-sitter club compete with gossip girls, vampires and our memories? A-bsc-fan-investigates. WSJ Speakeasy, April 10, 2010Can any "Emma" adaptation top "Clueless?" WSJ Speakeasy, Jan 24 2010
- No, Katie Roiphe, Feminism Didn't Kill Virility Forward/Sisterhood Jan 4 2010
- The Two Sides of Louisa May Alcott Women's Media Center Dec. 23, 2009
- Women's 2009 Books Enjoyed a Banner Year, Women's eNews, Dec. 16, 2009
- New Arrivals: Novelist Rachel Sherman on Voicing Three Generations of Jewish Women, The Sisterhood, November 23, 2009
- Twilight and New Moon: Sexual Longing in a World of Abstinence, Christian Science Monitor, November 18th 2009 (reprinted from summer 2008)
- Sisters of Fate, review of Shanghai Girls, Inthefray.org August 2009
- Review of "Taking Back God," Bitch Magazine, Fall Issue 2009
- Review of "Wetlands" Venus Zine, Summer Issue 2009
- The Cape's Tragic Characters, The Daily Beast, August 5 2009
- Sisters of Fate, review of Shanghai Girls, Inthefray.org August 2009
- Small Town, Big Stakes: Interview with novelist Nancy Mauro, Publishers Weekly, July 13 2009
- Women's Writing Fires Up Summer Reading Lists, Women's eNews, June15 2009
- U.S. Writers Get Canon to Call Their Own Women's eNews June 14, 2009
- New Feminist Books Offer Multifaceted Critique of Culture Wars RH Reality Check 6/14/09 reprinted at Alternet
- Women in Search of a Voice: Interview with novelist Kate Walbert Bitchmagazine.com 6/09
- The Woman Question: Interview with novelist Kate Walbert Publishers Weekly, April 2009
- Review of "The Purity Myth" Venuszine.com April 15 2009
- Death and Dirty Dancing Interview with novelist Emily Chenoweth, Publishers Weekly March 9 2009
- Oliver Twist: Women and Children Last, PBS' Remotely Connected 2/13/09
- A Victory for New York Families: Profile of the New Victory Theater: New York Family, January 2009
- It's Jane's House, We Just Live in It: Bronte, Feminism and The Gothic, Bitch Magazine, Winter 2008
- Pen-Wielding women Have Powerhouse Year, Women's eNews, Dec 19 2008
- That's What Vampires Are For Rh Reality Check 11/26/08 reprinted in Alternet and on Huffingtonpost
- War-torn Lovers: Interview with novelist Janice Lee, Publishers Weekly, October 13 2008 Review of "American Wife" in Venus Zine, Fall issue 2008
- Sexual Longing in an Ab-Only World: The Twilight Saga Rh Reality Check 8/8/08 reprinted at Huffington Post
- Tolstoy in Queens: Interview with novelist Irina Reyn, Publishers Weekly, June 23 2008
- The Mighty Jungle: Interview with writer Kira Salak, Publishers Weekly, June 16, 2008
- What's on Your Summer Reading List? Here's Ours. Rh Reality Check, 6/13/08
- Sex in the City: Eww, it's for Girls! Rh Reality Check 6/5/08
- Drawing a Blahnik: Should We Care About SATC, The Movie? Bitch Magazine, Summer 2008
- Austen Boom keeps Janeite Scholars Jumping, Women's eNews, April 4 2008
- Surprise Hit or New Kind of Chick Flick? Rh Reality Check, 4/17/08 reprinted at Alternet
- Running to Freedom: Interview with writer James McBride, Publishers Weekly, January 7, 2008
- Some Enchanted Movie, at Huffington Post 12/4/07
- The Girl Geek Stands Alone, Bitch Magazine, Winter 2007
- Women Tripped 2007 Literary Light Fantastic, Women's eNews, Dec. 9, 2007
- What Happens in Vegas...: Interview with novelist Charles Bock. Publishers Weekly, Oct. 29 2007
- Culture and Couture: Review of "Cleopatra's Nose," Venuszine.com, Oct. 24, 2007
- Women in Hollywood and Literary Adaptations, at Romancing the Tome, 10/16/07
- Obituary for Madeleine L'Engle, Venuszine.com, Sept. 2007
- Her Greatest Role: Interview With Actress Marcia Gay Harden, New York Family, Sept. 2007
- Annals of Austen: (A brief history of Austen-mania), Bitch magazine, Fall 2007 (September)
- Love (and War) in a Time of Tuberculosis: Interview with novelist Andrea Barrett, Publishers Weekly Aug. 13, 2007
- Imagining the 18th Century In-Crowd: Interview with novelist Sophie Gee, Publishers Weekly June 11, 2007
- Alexander McCall Smith, in Bitch magazine, Spring 2007
- Review of "Dork Whore," Venus Zine, Spring issue 2007
- Review of "The Thirteenth Tale," Venuszine.com, December 2006
- Review of "Lucky," Venuszine.com, December 2006
- Review of "Futureproof," New York Press, December 2006
- Review of "Flamethrower," New York Press, December 2006
- Sex and the Safety School: Review of "Chloe Does Yale," The Harvard Crimson
- Harry and Me: Essay on the Harry Potter Phenomenon, The Harvard Crimson
