Essays and Articles
- Why I Watch the Closing Credits of Every Movie I See (New York Times Magazine, February 2023)
- Shtetlcore Is the Fall Jewish Aesthetic We Need (Hey Alma, October 2022)
- (Mis)Reading and Mind-Reading in “Persuasion” and “The Lost Daughter” (Electric Literature, September 2022)
- Why Publishing Sitcoms Help Me Maintain Hope and Humor for the Future of the Industry (Literary Hub, August 2022)
- Why Is ‘The Giving Tree’ So Divisive? (Hey Alma, January 2022)
- Screwball, Ain’t It? (Tears for Toons, May 2021)
- Confessions of a Late (Judy) Blumer (Hey Alma, October 2021)
- Roots (Pigeon Pages, November 2020)
- Tracking Harriet the Spy through Today’s YA (Black Balloon/The Airship, October 2014)
- Charles Dickens’s Alternate Ending to Great Expectations (Black Balloon/The Airship, August 2014)
- 6 Books to Read While Hiding in a Corner at Prom (Black Balloon/The Airship, June 2014)
Book Reviews
- Jane Austen Gets the YA Treatment (Jane Austen Society of North America, March 2023)
Author Interviews and Profiles
For Publishers Weekly
- Chelsea Clinton
- Margarita Engle
- Brian Floca
- Temple Grandin
- Veera Hiranandani
- Oliver Jeffers
- Jeff Kinney
- Hilary Knight
- Nina LaCour (Printz Medalist Interview; Q&A)
- Damien Love
- Leonard S. Marcus
- Emily Winfield Martin (Cover Reveal; Q&A)
- Seth Meyers
- Sergio Ruzzier
- Felicita Sala
- Stephen Savage
- Jessie Sima
- K-Fai Steel
- Rebecca Solnit
- Nancy Springer (Movie Alert: Enola Holmes)
Reporting and Roundups
For Publishers Weekly
- Meg Medina Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
- Sabaa Tahir Wins 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
- ‘The Little Prince’ Comes of Age
- Kindred Spirits: Children’s Authors Reimagine ‘Anne of Green Gables’
- Rodari Renaissance: Italian Children’s Book Icon ‘Enchants’ U.S. Readers 100 Years On
- Book to Film and Back: ‘Star Child’ Returns to Print with A24
- Regency Retellings: Jane Austen-Inspired YA Novels
- Funny Females Take Center Stage in New Novels for Kids
- Building Bridges: The Art of Children’s Book Translation
- ‘People of Color in Publishing’: Striving for More Industry Diversity
- Jason Reynolds Takes Up the Mantle of National Ambassador
- Europa Crosses into YA Territory with ‘A Winter’s Promise’
- Teen Thrillers on the Rise
- inQluded Offers Writing Platform for LGBTQ POC Youth
- Children’s Book Community Responds to Gun Violence with #ArmMeWithBooks
- Girls of the Crescent: Teen Sisters Promote Stories of Muslim Girls
- Candied Plums Launches with Bilingual Picture Book List
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Criticism
- The Modern Golem: Mythmaking and Self-Making in Call It Sleep (The Madison Journal of Literary Criticism, spring 2012 print issue)
Translation
- Translated stories from Gianni Rodari’s Favole al telefono (The Journal of Italian Translation, Vol. 7, No. 1, spring 2012 print issue)