“The stories that make the headlines are unforeseeable but the attitudes that enabled these horrors and allowed the men to get away with it for so long are not.” nytimes.com/2024/09/22/opi… New York Times Opinion Elizabeth Spiers

Congrats to @JerichoBrown, the Pulitzer-Prize wining poet and director of our nation renowned creative writing program, on being named a 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellow today! The "Genuis Grant" comes with an $800K no-strings-attached investment into his work: bit.ly/47Nl5VM

Women are not ‘community property,’ a Georgia judge rules Read the latest from Ruth Marcus: wapo.st/3Y3r5GK

This will be called Kamalacare. Perhaps derisively at first by critics and haters much like Obamacare. But …eventually that moniker will stick and could likely be embraced by legions of people struggling mightily and valiantly to care for elderly or disabled loved ones.

Hearing Kamala Harris recall the tenderness & strain required to care for her mom transported me to my own mother’s bedside. This constant vigilance & anticipation of needs fills the days/nights of caregivers. This is what it means to feel seen. This is what leadership looks like

Since VP Harris announced her major caregiver policy yesterday, I have talked to so many women and they all say how big of a positive difference this will make. Policy matters. Leadership matters. Women know VP Harris has our backs. We will vote for her.

The words I’ve been searching for to express how email/text/social feel like such a lonely substitute for real conversation: “the balance is skewed toward the people I tap out my feelings for rather than the ones in front of me.” - Ann Patchett The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/10/15/opi…

Must-watch: Michelle Obama makes powerful case for why men should care about reproductive freedom

It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president wapo.st/3UqHWRM

Senior women supporting Harris by a 2-1 margin in Iowa poll is a reminder that it's not just young women who care about abortion. Over a long life, almost every woman has either experienced a miscarriage or helped a close friend through one. They know how personal this is.

Noticing a real call and response between Alexandra Petri latest opinion piece & @maggiesmithpoet’s “Good Bones.”

This is what resistance looks like, a huge roaring publish backlash to the cruelty and stupidity.

Donald Trump’s order dismantling the Department of Education is yet another attack on our children’s future. This isn’t about empowering states—it’s about gutting protections for students, slashing resources for public schools, and abandoning families who rely on federal support

This class won’t promise perfect poems, but through thoughtful readings and prompts, you’ll uncover ideas, insights, questions, and memories present in your grief that may one day shape your poetry. Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/spring…

#USA support for @Gavi is vital. With US support, we can save over 8 million lives over the next 5 years and give millions of children a better chance at a healthy, prosperous future. But investing in Gavi brings other benefits for our world and the American people. Here’s why:

There’s something so great about a southern expression being co-opted for gender inclusivity. ⁦⁦NPR⁩ npr.org/2025/07/16/nx-…

Incisive piece from Tressie McMillan Cottom on the wellness industry & dangers of the MAHA movement: “They fill the vacuum that’s created when we prioritize individual responsibility over safe, scientifically sound health policy”  nytimes.com/2025/08/26/opi…

Pub day for Detonator! Amazon is temporarily sold out (woo hoo!) but you can still get it from Barnes & Noble or even better your local indie bookstore! barnesandnoble.com/w/detonator-pe… Thanks to Four Way Books