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Feels like a good day to populate this place with some of my writing (not all from this year)...

For The Washington Post, I wrote about parenthood and the pandemic and the myth of protection and my boobs. www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/20...

Perspective | Learning how to parent in a world I cannot controlwww.washingtonpost.com We do it all to protect our children and have a sense of control. But how much can we do?

Here's an essay for Longreads about summer and faith and girlhood longreads.com/2019/08/08/l...

Losing My Religion at Christian Camp - Longreadslongreads.com Katy Hershberger recalls the way her decade at Christian summer camp both shaped and condemned her views of faith and girlhood.

This essay is about aging and fear and the beach. RIP Catapult catapult.co/stories/who-...

Who Agrees That Swimming in the Ocean Is Scary? | Katy Hershbergercatapult.co “Swim!” he yelled, but it was too late for me.

"I was introduced to real life pain through imaginary people." Remember Lurlene McDaniel? I do! lithub.com/rereading-th...

Rereading the Master of ‘Dying Teen’ Litlithub.com I grew up on a Virginia cul-de-sac with two parents and a Super Nintendo. I thought myself serious and pensive; I considered the meaning of life, not just a grade on a spelling quiz. I was both pre…

For the NYTBR, I reviewed Bill Konigsberg's THE BRIDGE: www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/b...

Two Suicidal Teens, Four Possible Paths (Published 2020)www.nytimes.com Aaron and Tillie are strangers, until they meet on a bridge. Bill Konigsberg’s new novel explores where four different plotlines could take them.

In Slate, I considered the sexism of celebrity vanity project novels slate.com/culture/2019...

Why Aren’t Female Celebrities Writing More Novels?slate.com If Sean Penn and James Franco can publish novels, why not Reese Witherspoon or Constance Wu?