Who am I?

I have written for a number of publications. Some of my favorites include this Modern Love essay for the New York Times about how Thoreau’s words helped me finally leave NYC, this New York Magazine story about the time toilet rats crawled into my building’s plumbing system and stayed - for months - and this New York Times article (featured on the front page of the print edition) about a local coalition of New Orleanians trying to make Mardi Gras more sustainable.

Other publications include this Slate piece about my love for grapefruit spoons, a profile of one of my favorite stores in Providence for the Boston Globe, a meditation on my curly hair for CNN, and an investigation into the teenage obsession with high UV for The Washington Post.

Currently, I teach writing at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and a Rhode Island high school.

In my previous life, I taught in and wrote for modern and contemporary art museums for nearly 20 years, primarily the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum. I also taught a course on museum education at Brown University.

I have a BA from Brown and an MFA in Writing from New York University. I have studied with E.L. Doctorow, Darin Strauss, Rick Moody, and Gary Shteyngart, among others.

I was born and raised in New Orleans, LA and currently live in Providence, RI with my husband, two daughters, and highly neurotic dog.

Ask me about my favorite po’boy, and I’ll throw in where to get the best littlenecks and chourico.