Crunch Time Parents
Crunch Time Parents
To celebrate the launch of Tick Tock: Essays on Becoming a Parent After 40 , please join the authors for a series of book events. I’ll be on a panel for the October 6 virtual event , hosted by Brooklyn’s Community Bookstore. Spread the word!
It’s been a minute since I last posted. More like 10 minutes. On the plus side, so far my family is muddling through these 19 ghastly pandemic months (and counting) mostly unscathed—or only slightly scathed. It’s been just a broken foot here, a tech meltdown there, a few “can’t you for once stop working and listen to me!” screams from the under-eight set in the house (they’re well within their rights). While we, meaning I, plot the return of a more active Crunch Time, I’m thrilled to announce the publicatio
I wrote this essay for Mondoweiss during the Gaza siege in May 2021. I felt panicky the morning it went live on Mondoweiss’s homepage—it’s been a while since I’ve ventured into the personal-and-political moshpit—but the reactions I’ve gotten to the piece have been deeply moving, edifying, thought-provoking and more. Here goes.
Crunch Time Parents
Crunch Time Parents