Recent Articles and Essays:
Nonfiction Chronicle (The New York Times Book Review, 4.1.2010)
Changing the World to Fit Women: An Interview With Gloria Steinem (Smith Alumnae Quarterly, Winter 2010)
Nonfiction Chronicle (The New York Times Book Review, 5.18.2009)
Memories of a Mentor Who Inspired Generations of Actors (The New York Times, 3.2.09)
See The Website, Buy The Book (The New York Times Book Review, 1.25.09)
Nonfiction Chronicle (The New York Times Book Review, 11.30.08)
Moonstruck House Sells, Recalling Fight For Preservation (The New York Times, 8.31.08)
Charges and Closed Shops Rattle Brooklyn Heights (The New York Times, 8.4.08)
Every Thursday Night, Liberal Politics and Pints (The New York Times, 6.1.08)
Let’s Say You Want to Date a Hog Farmer (The New York Times, 4.27.08)
With Mentors at Their Sides, Girls in Need Write Their Stories and Find New Lives (The New York Times, 4.14.08)
Don’t Care to Send the Very Best? (The New York Times, 9.23.07)
Rent Boys Men Now, Worry About Knees (New York Magazine, 8.6.07)
The Pretenders (Elle Magazine, August 2007) PDF
Drama Queen of Darfur (New York Magazine, 7.16.07)
If a Sofa Doesn’t Fit, They’ll Make It Fit (The New York Times, 5.31.07)
In New Jersey, Old Slave Quarters vs. New Homes (The New York Times, 3.25.07)
Ouch! My Bag Is Killing Me (The New York Times, 12.7.06)
Goodbye, Coliseum! Beloved Bookstore Breathes Final Gasp (The New York Observer, 10.30.06)
Modern Love: Changing My Feminist Mind, One Man at a Time (The New York Times, 5.21.06)
A Beloved Wife Lives On In Memory, Through Roses (The New York Times, 6.11.06)
A Book on Beauty With Major Backing (The New York Times, 4.24.06)
The Mothering Syndrome (Tango Magazine, February 2007)
The Other Side of Single (Tango Magazine, December 2006)
Sharing a Bathroom? Cohabitation Tips (Tango Magazine, March 2006)
Only In Hollywood: 7 Lessons I Learned From Chick Flicks (Tango Magazine, March 2006)
Size-Six Lounge Lizard: Gotham Gym Dandies, You Baffle Me! (The New York Observer, 1.30.06)
Toodle-oo, Book-Club Babes: I Want to Read Again! (The New York Observer, 9.26.05)
Cover Look: Starlet Johansson (Allure Magazine, August 2005) PDF
Cover Look: Funny Girl (Allure Magazine, June 2005) PDF
Cover Look: Southern Comfort (Allure Magazine, March 2005) PDF
Beauty Reporter (Allure Magazine, November 2004) PDF
Total Makeover: Life of the Party (Allure Magazine, October 2004) PDF