I write about history, [un]popular culture, smart people doing cool things, connections, communities, nostalgia, music, food, fashion, beauty, books, karaoke, and more.

Many, many, oh so many articles for Grunge and for Glam and for Rare and for Wide Open Country.

Co-editor of the damn good weekly pop culture (and more!) newsletter Two Bossy Dames since January 2022.

Former Mortified producer, eternal fan of making stories out of juvenilia.

Former day jobs include librarian, data curator, research associate, adult ed teacher, project manager, publishing assistant, record store clerk, and arts and crafts counselor. Former employers include Mount Holyoke College, Boston College, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Holyoke Community College, a textbook publisher, a biotech startup, and a pharmaceutical company, somehow.

Proud graduate of Smith College (BA) and Simmons College (MLIS). Proud dabbler at many other places.

I live in Northampton, Massachusetts. My pronouns are she/her/hers.

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