Nonfiction
LATEST:
"The One Kind of Man I Can Never Marry Again" - Oprah Daily
"A Cure for the Existential Crisis of Married Motherhood" - New York Times
"The Woman Who Walked Alone" - The Lonely Stories anthology
"How a Missing Sock Changed My Life" - New York Times Modern Love
"Happier Than Ever" - Oldster
"Broken, Lost, Tossed, Found" - Medium
"All Hail Emily Dickinson, the Quarantine Queen" - Medium
"Pandemic Parenting: A Hair Story"- Medium
"In Praise of Terrible Dresses"- Medium
"Everything is Made Up Anyway"- Medium
"How I Found The Time To Write A Book" - Creators Hub
"How Literary Ghosts Can Help Us All Be A Little More Human" - Lit Hub
"What Happens When You Go Full Stoic" - Forge
"Why Traveling Alone Is The Least Lonely Way to Go" - Airbnb Magazine
THE LONG HAUL:
(AN ONGOING PROJECT CHRONICLING ONGOING PROJECTS)
"The Long Haul" - Medium
"The Pilgrimage of the Writing Life" – Pilgrimages: A Journal of Dorothy Richardson Studies
"The (Gratifying, Frustrating, Limit-Testing, Inspiring) Long Haul" – Real Simple
"The Long Haul: What Creative People Can Learn from Diana Nyad, Tommy Caldwell, and Frigate Birds" – Catapult
SHORTER ESSAYS:
Selects:
"What You Miss Most Is An Essential Clue to Who You Are" - Forge
"The Secret Glee of Shy People and Plan-Cancelers in Coronatimes" - Forge
Selects:
"The Utopian Roots of the Artist's Retreat" – JSTOR Daily
"In Praise of Small Presses" – JSTOR Daily
"How American Girl Dolls Teach History (And Revolution)" – JSTOR Daily
Selects:
"What To Do When You're Feeling Defeated" – Oprah.com
"What We Learn from Literary Heroines" – Oprah.com
"Things Every Woman Should Write Down Right Now” – Oprah.com
LONGER ESSAYS:
"New York: A Ghost Story" – Atticus Review
"The Quimby Years" – Columbia Journal
"Why Are We So Obsessed With Creepy Dolls?" – Electric Literature
"A Heart-Shaped Life: Twelve Ways of Looking at Amy Krause Rosenthal" – Longreads
"The Surprising Power of Bad Books" – The Rumpus
"When Swimming Felt Like a Prayer" – The Forward
"Dorothy Richardson, the Proto-Knausgaard" – DAME
"A Goofy State of Mind: My Grandmother’s Letters from Martha Gellhorn" – The Millions
"The Worst Magazine Prank Ever, or Why Print is Dead" – The L Magazine
HUMOR:
"An Open Letter to George Bailey" – The Rumpus
"The Terrors of Tinytown" – Mr. Beller's Neighborhood
"The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Told Entirely in Emoticons" – Yankee Pot Roast
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Amy's personal essays and cultural criticism have also appeared in the print publications Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, Poets & Writers, Modern Painters, and the late, great Jane.