I'm a writer based in Seattle, Washington, where I live with my family on Beacon Hill.

I’m the author of the national bestseller Essential Labor, called “a landmark and a lightning storm, a gift that will be passed hand to hand for years,” by The New Yorker.

You can watch me discuss Essential Labor and the value of domestic work on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah or listen to my conversation with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. My TED Talk, “What Working Parents Really Need From Workplaces,” insists that we treat caregiving as the work that makes all work possible.

My first book, Like a Mother—a narrative nonfiction book exploring the emerging science and cultural myths of pregnancy—was an NPR Best Book of 2018.

My writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, the Atlantic, The Washington Post, New York, and Bon Appétit. In a previous life I was the staff food writer at The Stranger in Seattle. I am proud to have started my career as a beat writer at a local alt-weekly.

I write a monthly column on female midlife for The Guardian and am working on my next book, a memoir about translating myself across language, institutions, and identity.

You can drop me a line through the Contact page, or follow me on Instagram. (I am not on any other social media.) Or subscribe to my sporadically published newsletter, which I am always considering making semi-regular, for updates and essays.