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