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Washington Post: Tackling Cancer While Battling the Insurance System
Washington Post: The End of My Life was Killing Me
USA Today: You can Sleep in Your Car, But You Can't Drive Your House
I had no idea about the seedy and unregulated world of auto repo until my car was repo'd during Covid. Guest op-ed.
Hadassah Magazine: What it Means to Welcome Strangers into Your Home
GMA.com: Passenger Seat Parenting, a Mother's Day 2021 essay
The New York Times: The Corona Virus Saved My life. If I hadn’t gone in for a test, I wouldn’t have learned I had stage four metastatic lung cancer. I guess that’s a perverse kind of luck
Los Angeles Magazine: The Belle of the Matzo Ball
Los Angeles Times They were Homeless I Took Them In
Watch: ALL ARTS streaming series Uncommon Voices spotlighting theater artists developing plays with social justice themes.
Los Angeles Magazine: A Zoom Writers' Room Saved My Sanity (sort of) During Quarantine
Los Angeles Magazine: Let Us Now Praise Adam Driver's Face
New York Times: Back to School with Narrow Escapes and a Mother's Love
Wall Street Journal: Cremation Nation: Our New Way to Go op-ed
The New Yorker Daily Shouts!: The book that I haven't started writing yet will be the best book ever!
Real Simple Magazine tis the season to please no one
New York Observer: Mark Zuckerberg is Not a Bot!
Wall Street Journal: I'm Ready for My Wide Shot: on gender equality in film op-ed
TIME.com I Was My Mother's Drug Mule adapted from Wherever You Go, There They Are
Lenny Family Envy adapted from Wherever You Go, There They Are
Los Angeles Times On family, the one you're born with, and the one on your book cover Essay
Daily Beast How the Los Angeles Traffic Introduced Me to My Syrian Neighbors Op-ED
The New York Times Why I Am Not Marching In A Pink Hat Op-Ed
The New Yorker Please Unsubscribe - Shouts & Murmurs
The New York Times Death With No Dignity Op-Ed
Prevention Magazine Off Key, But In Sync Humor
The New York Times The Treasure In A Small Package - Style Section
The Los Angeles Times Part 'none' Part Jewish and Leary about Anti-Semitism in Europe Op-Ed
SALON.com Our Special Snowflakes Are Leaving Home - First Person Column
Oprah.com Best Friend Break Up - O Inspiration
TheForward.com When 50 Happens to Good People - The Schmooze
The Hollywood Reporter On The Lexicon Of Letting Go - Guest Columnist
New York Daily News Hello Screening Room, Goodbye Date Night Op-Ed
Prevention Piece of Cake Humor Column
Today.com Things I Wish I Knew Before I Turned 50 - Guest Contributor
The Los Angeles Times You Don't Have to Be Religious to Revel in the Holidays Op-Ed
NPR.com A Literary Lover Valentine's Day Reading Guide - Three Books
More Magazine Mum for a Day Humor Column
KPCC Hollywood Adjacent - The Frame, radio commentary
KCRW Welcome Home, Sunshine - Unfictional, storytelling series