I have a new piece in Literary Hub w/ Alissa Quart about Hillbilly Elegy as the nadir of a genre. The class memoir is due for a reboot. We profile authors experimenting w/ a liberatory approach to telling the story of the rise from poverty to the bourgeoisie. lithub.com/class-defector…

I spoke to 20+ epidemiologists, demographers, pediatricians, econmonists, teachers, therapists, and youth to bring this piece to life. thank you to Economic Hardship Reporting Project & Carter Fellows for your support, and Slate + Rebecca Onion for the great home!

I’ve admired Emi Nietfeld’s newsletter, Post-Mortem, for quite a while, so it was exciting to have the chance to write this guest post, up today, breaking down how I got a literary agent! eminietfeld.substack.com/p/guest-post-m…

SO THRILLED to be part of this amazing anthology project!

Interesting article on how inequality affects mental illness slate.com/life/2024/09/m… .Emi Nietfeld

. @Today_Explained Podcast "Breaking up with your parents" Sean @Rameswaram, @EmiNietfeld, Joshua (Coleman Joshua PHD) Coleman, @Vox podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bre…

Great to go on @marketplace and talk about Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Bootstrapped, the election and what we can do better. Keep your ears open for EHRP writers who have lived financial struggle going on Marketplace to discuss the economy! marketplace.org/2024/12/04/us-…

"I kept coming across teens who were in distress about the way they had been created… People don’t always realize they are creating a human being and not a piece of furniture." My latest, about designer babies-cum-teens in #SiliconValley, for WIRED wired.com/story/your-nex…

People kept telling Emi Nietfeld to read "The Body Keeps the Score," perhaps the most famous book about trauma. What it actually says shocked her. motherjones.com/media/2024/12/…

In one of the most powerful essays we've run in recent months, Emi Nietfeld makes a brave, incisive case for rethinking the popularity of "The Body Keeps the Score" motherjones.com/media/2024/12/…

Turns out many parents “don’t teach sharing.” The idea that indulging my 6 month old daughter’s selfishness now will inspire her future charity sounded as preposterous as putting Mountain Dew into her bottles in hopes she’ll love water later. thecut.com/article/teachi…

Turns out the way people teach sharing doesn’t work. So, should we give up sharing altogether and let our toddlers be assholes? Is there a middle ground between raising a pint-size bully or a spineless doormat? thecut.com/article/teachi…

I'm looking for men who got depressed after having a baby to talk about their experience. If this is you or someone you know, DM me or email me: first name @ first name last name . com Looking to talk by Thursday! #journorequest