I write about education, 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. AI is probably chewing them up and spitting them out and that makes me really mad.

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, director of information, information specialist, data curator, data specialist, warehouse associate, 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.

My current day job is Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing at Hampshire College. I have been laid off along with most staff and faculty, and my last day is June 16, 2026.

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

I live in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.
My pronouns are she/her/hers.

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