“I feel that I'm an essayist and that my best work gets done in that form. I wanted to do a book where the essays could exist on their own terms. A book that was neither a book of essays that were shoehorned into a memoir, nor [one where] the essays had been published elsewhere first, [because] then they would kind of bear the marks of those publications.” FeelsFirstsKindBookDoneWantedFormTermBearsMarkMemoirElsewhereEssaysBest WorkPublicationEssayists Author:Meghan Daum
“As I've gotten older, I've felt I have more authority on that subject. I think the conversation needs to be reframed. What I hate - a lot of conversations about choosing not to have children tend to be couched in these superficial terms, or kind of glib, "I'd rather have a Porsche" or "I forgot to have kids." No you didn't.” ThinkingNeedsKindChildrenKidsHateFeltTermSubjectsConversationAuthorityI HateSuperficialPorsche Author:Meghan Daum
“The thing about living in a place like Nebraska is there aren't that many people, so your circle of acquaintances is going be much more diverse. Everyone would go to the same bar, like the local politicians and construction workers. The class intersections were fascinating to me. And of course there's a whole other conversation about what a huge source of growth it was for me in terms of understanding people and the world in a way that I hadn't in New York. I used to say that L.A. is essentially New York with yards.” PeopleWorldUnderstandingGrowthTermPoliticianConstructionDiverseAcquaintance Author:Meghan Daum
