“What is desire? And what are its rules? In this daring collection, award-winning and emerging female writers share their innermost longings...” In my essay, I look at Buddhism and desire through the lens of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and my own search for self. “Slater’s essay underscores what’s at stake when women write about desire: self-determination and the realization of their full humanity.” (Ploughshares)

A “Talk of the Town” piece about The Manuscript Writing Cafe in Tokyo. You can only enter the cafe if you have a deadline and you can’t leave until you’ve met your goal.

This is what happened when my son flew back to the nest from college because of COVID-19. “We fell into familiar rhythms — meals together, walks around the city, long talks — but with one big difference: My son is now an adult. He’s also part of the politically aware generation born between the mid-1990s and early 2000s that includes environmental activist Greta Thunberg and gun control advocate Emma González.”