“Gray Hair Don’t Care”: An Excerpt from Sari Botton’s And You May Find Yourself…Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo

By Sari Botton

“The blonde stripes also felt like a cosmetic lie I was no longer willing to live with; in the weeks after each application, I had the feeling I was wearing a hat, or a wig, that slid slowly off my head.” Continue reading →

The More I Wrote, The More I Remembered: Q & A with Laura L. Engel

I felt compelled to start the conversation about what had happened, addressing the crippling legacy of shame and guilt from leaving our babies decades ago. Continue reading →

The Note

I sat with the note in my lap, stunned and glad to be alone in the kitchen. The laundry gave me something to do with my hands while I settled my mind. Continue reading →

“Thinking of 40 as the Starting Gate”: Q & A with Jan Beatty

I wanted to write the book that I’d been looking for my entire life and never found. Continue reading →