PinnedTopics I Suggested to My Daughter for Her Common App Personal Statement[In response to prompt #8, aka “Just write the damn thing.”]Oct 7Oct 7
Published inSlackjaw50 Solid Reasons To Reschedule Your Colonoscopy1. Clearly, there’s been some mistake because there’s no way in hell you’re fifty.Feb 193Feb 193
Published inSlackjawBedside Notebook Scribblings of New York Times Connections Editor Wyna LiuCash. Carson. Depp. But two of those are not words?Jan 232Jan 232
How Long Must We Sing This Song?Sometimes going out to hear the old hits just makes you feel old.Dec 20, 20231Dec 20, 20231
I Am Your New Favorite Sweater and I Need You To ChangeListen. I get it. You like me. You really, really like me. I’ve heard you tell the story a few times now, about how you saw an acquaintance…Dec 18, 2023Dec 18, 2023
We Have No WordsThey brought us home to homes they barely left. They wanted to play all day. They wanted to snuggle all night. They wanted something new…Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Holy RollersAn essay about Christmas at Foxwoods. From January 2002, when I was still Tara McCarthy. Originally published on Killing the Buddha.Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Soundproof Your LifeA short story. Previously published in One Teen Story magazine.Dec 21, 2020Dec 21, 2020