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Essays

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Maybe the Survivor's Daughter Could Survive

The New York Times

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The End of Poker Night

Longreads

(Notable Mention in Best American Essays 2020)

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My Building’s Protocol, Altered in a Flash

The New York Times

 

Cancer Envy

The Washington Post 

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Tomorrow’s Pain Will Come Soon Enough  

The Washington Post

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Chemo Took My Hair But Not My Agency

Oprah Daily

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The Quiet Last Days of My Mother's Life

Purple Clover

 

Why I Went Gray

The Forward 

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The Threat

Mr. Beller's Neighborhoo

 

The Rise of the Vintage Readers' Book Club 

The ASCO Post  (with Jimmie Holland and Christian Nelson)

 

The Immigrants' Daughter Learns a Lesson

Mr Beller's Neighborhood 

 

Our Destructive Fear of Aging

Salon.com 

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What to Expect When You're Expecting—a Mastectomy 

CancerForward.org

 

From White Coat to Blue Gown
Self

 

Improving the Human Side of Cancer Care

The Huffington Post 

 

Boy Mom

ducts.org

 

The Clock on the Wall: On Dying, Denying and the Search for Hope

ducts.org

 

In Between the Pieces

ducts.org

 

Home, Safe in Bed

Los Angeles Times

 

Ba’lebusteh

(In M. Lewis (Ed.), DIRT: The Quirks, Habits and Passions of Keeping House.  Seal Press.

 

The Whole Other Me’gillah 

ducts.org

The House on Crash Corner

ducts.org

Niftar

The Mom Egg

 

The Last Visit, or Just Being on Broadway

Ducts.org, 
 

The Invisible Profession

MomsToday.com 

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