WRITING
I write about estrangement, motherhood, memory, and books.
I am the editor of Broken Free: Writers on Cutting Ties, an anthology of essays and poems about familial estrangement, currently in development and seeking representation.
Below are some of my publications.
LITERARY
A Needle and a Voice
Sharp Notions: Essays from the Stitching Life, edited by Marita Dachsel and Nancy Lee, Arsenal Pulp Press, October 2023 — PRE-ORDER HERE!
The Fog of Discomfort
Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology, edited by Amanda Jaros Champion, Small Harbor Publishing, Summer 2023
That Snake
Permafrost Magazine, September 2022
He Bought Us a Farmhouse in the Country
Permafrost Magazine, September 2022
The Pool
Room, March 2018
INTERVIEWS & Profiles
Dann McDorman on Exploring Literary Hijinks in Meta Mystery
Crime Reads, October 2023
Mature Minor: An Interview with Emi Nietfeld About Her Memoir, "Acceptance"
Mutha Magazine, September 2023
Interview: Jane Wong, author of "Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City"
Hippocampus Magazine, September 2023
Intoxicating Forces: An Interview with Michelle Wildgen about "Wine People"
Chicago Review of Books, August 2023
The Story Behind the Book: Emi Nietfeld went from homelessness to Harvard, but not without scars
The Boston Globe, August 2023
Reclaiming the Self: An Interview with Kelly McMasters on "The Leaving Season"
Chicago Review of Books, May 2023
Chorus of Desire: A Conversation with Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters, co-editors of "Wanting"
Literary Mama, January/February 2023
REVIEWS
Ambivalent Comfort in "The Loneliness Files"
Chicago Review of Books, October 2023
Life, Unmothered, in "Acceptance"
Chicago Review of Books, August 2023
Now Reading: "I Have Some Questions for You" by Rebecca Makkai
Literary Mama Blog, May 2023
Now Reading: "Greenwich Park" by Katherine Faulkner
Literary Mama Blog, January 2023
Now Reading: "What My Bones Know" by Stephanie Foo
Literary Mama Blog, October 2022
Now Listening: "Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman" by Lindy West
Literary Mama Blog, September 2022
Now Reading: "Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life" by Alan Cumming
Literary Mama Blog, June 2022
EDITORIAL
Letter from the Editor
Literary Mama, November/December 2022
100 Words of Writing Advice
Literary Mama Blog, August 2022
Nature and the Creative Process
WhipUp, June 2012
PRESCRIPTIVE
Fabric Baskets
Fat Quarters: Small Fabrics, More Than 50 Big Ideas, edited by Amanda Carestio, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, March 2015
Circle Hot Pod Pads
Fat Quarters: Small Fabrics, More Than 50 Big Ideas, edited by Amanda Carestio, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, March 2015
Hexagon Art Tile
Never Been Stitched: 45 No-Sew and Low-Sew Projects, edited by Amanda Carestio, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, February 2014
Autumn Leaves Skirt
Never Been Stitched: 45 No-Sew and Low-Sew Projects, edited by Amanda Carestio, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, February 2014
Sunset Birdies
WhipUp, October 2011