About
I have worked as a teacher and editor for over 30 years. I’ve published personal essays in the New York Times, Washington Post, Salon, Ozy and a number of other journals and anthologies. I’ve also co-edited two anthologies, The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage: True Tales of Food, Family, and How We Learn to Eat (Roost Books, 2013) and Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life (Rutgers University Press, 2008). I served on the editorial board of LiteraryMama.com for ten years, including five as editor-in-chief, and have taught writing at UC Berkeley, Stanford, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the Writers Grotto.
I’m the co-founder and director, with my husband, of Sustainable Arts Foundation, which worked for nearly 15 years to support writers & artists with children. We recently sunsetted SAF and returned its funds to indigenous communities. I currently serve on the board of Root Division, an arts incubator in downtown San Francisco.
I live with my family in San Francisco.
Featured Work
The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage: True Tales of Food, Family, and How We Learn to Eat
Food is so much more than what we eat. The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage is an anthology of original essays about how we learn (and relearn) to eat, and how pivotal food is beyond the table. Without mantras or manifestos, twenty-nine writers serve up sharp, sweet, and candid memories; salty irreverence; and delicious original recipes. Just like you, these writers are parents, husbands, wives, children, and caregivers trying to feed their families and nourish their lives—pull up a chair and dig in.
