Essays

Washington Post:

• “With a flexible work schedule, working out how much child care coverage to get” (On Parenting blog, October 2017)
• “Here’s what we wish you would do when you’re on a plane with our screaming kids” (On Parenting blog, September 2015)

Today’s Parent:

• “Why I Gave Up Trying to Create the Perfect Halloween Costume” (digital, October 2018)

Real Simple:

• “How I Finally Learned to Let Go of Overplanning on Vacation” (digital, June 2017)

Hearst Digital:

• “How We Updated Our Old Home on a Budget” Elle Decor, House Beautiful, and Country Living (March 2016)
• “I Really Regret Buying an Old House” House Beautiful and Country Living (October 2016)

Salon:

• “I was an Amazon Drudge” (November 2015)

Brain, Child

• “The Best Parenting Advice I’ve Heard” (digital, May 2016)

Scary Mommy:

• “The Dread and Pleasure of Fall” (Club Mid, September 2015)
• “My 80s Fashion Flashback” (Club Mid, September 2015)

5280, The Denver Magazine:

• “Postcard from Suburbia” (print, December 2015) print pdf| digital version

Mother.ly:

• “Dining Out With a Toddler is Like Wrestling With an Octopus” (September 2016)

Ozy:

• “How Digital Reading Won Me Some Peace and Quiet” (February 2016)

The Los Angeles Times:

• “Here’s the Veggies. Now create.” (August 2010)

Christian Science Monitor:

• “This Christmas Letter Gets Rave Reviews” (print, December 2005)

Author Interviews:

Bustle:

• Author profile of Jessica Pan for her book Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come (June 2019)

The Millions:

• “Caitlin Kunkel Wants to Turn You On—Equitably” (March 2019)

Bust:

• “‘Corn Fed’ Writer Melanie LaForce On Anxiety, Writing, And Coming Of Age In The Midwest” (January 2019)

Electric Literature:

• “Indigenous Writers Deserve More Credit for Being Hilarious” (December 2019)

The Rumpus:

• “THE RUMPUS MINI-INTERVIEW PROJECT #147: SAADIA FARUQI” (August 2018)

Articles

Bright:

• “‘We Shall Overcomb’ and Other Ways to Topple a Dictator” (May 2017)

What to Expect:

• “Best Humidifiers for Babies” (December 2017)
• “Best Nursery Rocking Chairs” (November 2017)

Boulder Daily Camera:

• “The Second City” (print, 1998)
• “Diane Butler Puts Words and Movement to Auschwitz Trip” (print, 1998)
• “Thinking Small” (print, 1998)

The Write Life:

• “Writing a Personal Essay? Here’s How to Approach the Submission Process” (April 2016)

Anthologies

• “10 Simple Rules for Girls to Follow” You Do You (2018)
• “Resisting the Slow Cooker” Lose the Cape: Never Will I Ever (and then I had kids)  (2016)
• “Shirts Off for Bill and Ted” Italy from a Backpack (2006)

Fiction

• “Screen Test” Copper Nickel (2005)