On Cross-Cultural Marriage and Multicultural Families
The Mixed-Marriage/Mixed-Blood Policy in US WWII Japanese American Concentration Camps, Densho Encyclopedia, February 25, 2022
"Why I Won't Adopt," February 23, 2012, The New York Times online
“My father-in-law Made Me the Mother I am," November 8, 2015, Brain, Child online
"'Blind Spots' and Other Problems in Globally Blended Families," Aug. 31, 2016, The Wall Street Journal online
"Becoming a Japanese Housewife Made Me a More Committed Jew," Jun 12, 2015, Kveller
"Learning to Speak: A Cross-Cultural Love Story," Spring 2010, Asian Jewish Life
"A Life Together, Worlds Apart," Best Women's Travel Writing 2008
On Infertility, Natural Pregnancy at 45, and Later-Life Motherhood
"Writing a Book is Like Giving Birth? No, Not at All," Oct. 9, 2015, Washington Post online
"My Father-in-law Made Me the Mother I Am," November 8, 2015, Brain, Child online
"Why I Won't Adopt," February 23, 2012, The New York Times online
On Gender & Teaching in the U.S. Prison System
"Erasing Gender: A Woman's Journey Through Men's Lockup," Post Road
"Teaching Gender Issues to Inmates," The Chronicle Review
On Japan and Life Abroad
"The Trailing Spouse's Guide to Surviving Re-entry," Dec. 10, 2015, The Wall Street Journal online
"Expat Love Stories: From Sweet to Sultry to Bitter and Beyond," Feb. 9, 2016, The Wall Street Journal online
"Will There Ever Be a Rainbow Japan?" CNN Travel
"McDonald's vs. KFC for Japan's best 'festive feast," CNN Travel
"Land of the Rising Sox," Boston Magazine
On New England's Literary Landscape
"Journalism: Surveying New England's wealth of literary magazines," Boston Globe
"The spirits of New England," Boston Globe