The Em Dash
Published Writing
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Live Journalism
- May 26, 2020 What is Feminism’s Future?-WSJ interview with author and actress Amber Tamblyn
- May 25, 2020 The New Rules of Experiential Design - WSJ interview with Maryellis Bunn
- May 24, 2020 Making The Leap - WSJ interview with Min Jin Lee
- May 23, 2020 (Mis)information Overload: Living in Truth in the Post-Truth Age
- May 22, 2020 Social Media Wake-Up Call
- May 21, 2020 All the Social Ladies with Carrie Kerpen
- May 19, 2020 Better Living Through Newsroom Chemistry
- May 18, 2020 Rhythm and flow: How to bring engagement into the forefront of digital publishing
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Published Works
- May 18, 2020 While Writing a Book About Self Worth, I Had to Learn How to Practice It
- May 17, 2020 American Accent: Passing — and not Passing — as a Latina
- May 16, 2020 My “Recovery Cat” Would Never Recover
- May 14, 2020 TueNight 10: Carla Zanoni
- May 13, 2020 Print is Dead, But Print’s Skills Aren’t
- May 12, 2020 In a Doorway, A Gentle Call to Arms

Does Your Inside Match Your Outside?
For years I lived chasing the adrenaline rush of travel and work deadlines and other people’s curated lists of what not to miss this weekend. I liked that it went fast. I wore the cloak of “I’m so busy” to broadcast my worth and nearly burned out. This outfit no longer serves me. Read more.

The Joy and Grief of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day has long been a day of celebration and complicated grief.

In Which Our Writer Feels Guilty for Taking a Day Off
I have felt angry for all of the resilience required, getting up over and over again and then greeting the mundaneness of life, like a Matryoshka doll nestled inside of one reality after another.


We Shall Meet Again Tomorrow
This year has already brought with it a fair share of loss. These are in my heart in this moment.

You Can Go Home Again
I visited my mother this weekend and did something I do regularly when returning to the city: I drove out of my way to sit outside my childhood home, the one my mother sold more than 20 years ago.

The Longest Journeys are the Ones We Go On Alone
Someone tweeted this photo of me speaking to a group of media executives in Madrid yesterday. No filter applied. No posing of my face to show the angle you might find most flattering. Ever since seeing it, I can’t stop thinking about how unphotogenic I look. How old. How big. How ugly. I felt myself growing embarrassed as more people liked and shared the tweet.

Eating From Mary's Garden
I never tasted rhubarb until we found Mary’s garden on the edge of our plot of the forest.

How to Be a Better Human at Work: How to Take the Risks That Will Help You Grow
What's holding you back from going for more? If you want to grow in your career--and life--you must take some risks. Whitney Johnson, founder and CEO of Disruption Advisors, shares her thoughts and secrets about how to move towards what you want, even when it scares you.

How to Be a Better Human at Work: How to do less (and still succeed)
Stressed at work? Tired? Or completely burned out? Chances are, you're trying to do too much--and it's not serving you or your goals. Carla Zanoni interviews Tifanny Dufu, CEO and founder of The Cru.

Who is a Jersey Girl?
My review of Not For Nothing: Glimpses Into a Jersey Girlhood by Kathy Curto, in The Common literary magazine at Amherst.


We Plan, God Laughs
Each and every one of us has experienced profound loss this year. And as we consciously find our way through this collective grieving we are effectively choosing life.


The Day Kamala Was Selected: Wave of Consciousness
Cardi B., fried avocado, cherry ices and Kamala...all in my latest newsletter. Oh, and hope, lots of it.

Art Heals, Again
News of Milton Glaser’s death yesterday was a much needed reminder of resilience and rebirth. Glazer was a 90-year-old graphic designer, artist and most famously, the creator of the iconic I ❤️ New York logo. The design was mimicked and ripped off for years and grew nearly invisible due to its glaring ubiquitousness on everything from plastic bodega bags to that tourism campaign jingle that I now can’t get out of my head. That logo carries much more weight than its four characters.

Let There be Peace on Earth
I wrote a completely different newsletter for all of you, but changed course in light of where we find ourselves today. The suffering and rage expressed about the state of racism and police brutality is crippling. Rather than add another voice to this chorus, I thought I would share a few items that have helped in the past few days. Read More >

Did you hear the one about the rat?
No, I don’t miss the rats, nor do I miss the drudgery of my commute, but I do miss the people watching, the weird things I saw each and every day, and the routine quiet (and sometimes not so quiet) time I got to spend with myself and my thoughts nearly every day. I began missing it exactly one month into working from home. Read More >

They sailed away for a year and a day…
I started reading and writing poetry when I was a kid. My mother used to read me “The Owl and the Pussycat,” a sweet nonsense fantasy where animals go off on adventures and fall in love. I think this may have ignited my lust for travel. Read More >

You Will Need This Someday
It’s been two months since my life changed forever. My brother Oscar was killed when he was hit by a tractor trailer while riding his bike on January 3, 2020. Some of you will know this already, but others won’t. I’m learning the algorithm gods make it difficult to spread important information. Misinformation, well we know that’s rewarded. Read More >
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