More in ‘Ayelet Waldman’

Michael Chabon’s WASP Envy

Revealed in new book of essays
By Sara Ivry | 10:00 AM Oct 9, 2009

Earlier this year Ayelet Waldman extended her resume of confessional writings with the publication of Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace. Now her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon, takes a whirl into the world of intimate revelation with Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of ...

Ritual & Observance

Resolved

Rosh Hashanah resolutions from Matisyahu, Michael Showalter, Ayelet Waldman, and others
By Marc Tracy | 7:00 AM Sep 18, 2009

Rosh Hashanah resolutions from Matisyahu, Daphne Merkin, Michael Showalter, Naomi Alderman, Douglas Century, Ayelet Waldman, and Mimi Sheraton.

Family

The Mommy Wars

The missed opportunity behind the badge of bad mommyhood
By Marjorie Ingall | 7:00 AM Jun 29, 2009

We’re in a bad mommy moment. There are blogs including Her Bad Mother (tagline: “Bad is the new good”); Bad Mom (tagline: “Embrace Badness”); Bad Mutha Blogger (featuring a photo of a baby in a onesie reading “Mutha Sucka”); and Bad Mummy, No Cookie (tagline: “Tough chick with kick-ass kid making it up as I ...