In April of 2009 I was a community college environmental science professor struggling with a unit on climate change. As a chronic...

Ten years ago, I was working as an Instructional Coach at my local school district, preparing for the release of my first novel and...

The sunlight felt still-new that afternoon. As I walked and talked with my husband, Elias, my eyes soaked up the brilliant green of...

Gray half-walls paneled in soft felt surrounded me. Just barely enough haven to hide. I wore headphones most of the time anyway, editing...

I was 39 and pretty much just existing solely on my living room couch —not living in any sense of the word, other than breathing. My...

It has been ten years, but I will never forget the winter break and subsequent semester of January to May 2009. For one thing, it was...

Here’s the thing about failure. The stories we tell portray failing as a necessary step in an upward trajectory towards success, even...

I felt optimistic at the start or the New Year. I was teaching a course on women and politics at the University of Vermont and doing book...

And so, it’s a question of ambition then. Ten years ago to the day, I was in Durango, Colorado — out of town on a New Year’s getaway....

How can so many things be exactly the same, when so much is completely different? I reach under the desk where I have worked for fourteen...