So honored to be in conversation with Jonathan Lethem, a beloved author, for the Brooklyn Rail during its 25th anniversary week and following this significant election moment in NYC.

Thrilled to have appeared on July 12th, 2021 with acclaimed author Bruce Bauman on Writing Through Madness — a workshop co-hosted by Write or Die Tribe and Writing Workshops Dallas. After a short reading of our latest works of fiction and non-fiction, we answered a slew of questions on the writing process pertaining to mental health — of our own and our characters who might also be members of our family or fictional creations.

In April, I did a very special interview with Holly Rudolph at LA Review of Books who related to experiences detailed in my memoir, A Room with a Darker View: Chronicles of My Mother and Schizophrenia. We speak candidly on some of the meat of the book, unpacking inter-generational mother-daughter/familial relationships, Medicare, anti-psychotic treatment, and representation of mentally ill characters in contemporary media like Shameless , Homeland , as well as YA novels li