The New York Times Book Review
"A Dispatch From the War on Cancer: Life and Death on 10 West," March 25, 1984
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; America's Satanic Mills," June 18, 2000
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; A Lot Like Us," April 30, 2000
"Bloomsbury's Secret," June 6, 1999
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; If It Moves, Shoot It," April 11, 1999
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Intimate Encounters," January 17, 1999
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; The Artist vs. the Art World," January 3, 1999
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Not One of the Boys," November 1, 1998
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Notes from the Memoir Club," August 16, 1998
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Notes from Hampstead," May 17, 1998
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; A Fine Silver Thread," March 29, 1998
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; The Beckmann Archive," February 1, 1998
"Making Light of Things," January 18, 1998
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Lesbians in Wonderland," August 24, 1997
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; The Work of Reconstruction," May 18, 1997
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Art in the Frick Collection," April 6, 1997
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; La Vie Boheme," March 16, 1997
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; End of Age of Innocence," December 29, 1996
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Everybody's Master," June 23, 1996
"The Moderns, " June 2, 1996
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Art Objects," February 25, 1996
"Books in Brief: Fiction & Poetry; The Shape of Wilderness," February 11, 1996
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Prophets & Professors," January 21, 1996
"Books in Brief: Nonfiction; Art on my Mind," September 17, 1995
"In Short: Nonfiction; Parallel Sensibilities," September 3, 1995
"In Short: Nonfiction; With My Trousers Rolled," May 7, 1995
"In Short: Nonfiction; Against the Grain," April 9, 1995
"In Short: Nonfiction; Where the Dots Came From," February 12, 1995
"In Short: Nonfiction; Factory Samples," January 8, 1995
"In Short: Nonfiction; Behind the Playdough Curtain," November 27, 1994
"In Short: Nonfiction; Art Criticism Embodied Meanings," July 24, 1994
"In Short: Fiction; Domestic Drama Maybe in Missoula," July 17, 1994
"In Short: Nonfiction; The Art of Being There," May 1, 1994
"Children's Books: Now Everybody Really Hates Me," April 24, 1994
"In Short: Nonfiction; The Day of the Dead," January 30, 1994
"In Short: Nonfiction; American Exodus," November 29, 1993
"In Short: Nonfiction; The Subject Was Close to Home," September 26, 1993
The Globe and Mail
The New York Times
"Literary Logistics," April 8, 1990
Smithsonian Magazine
"The Boys Choir of Harlem Sings a Song of Hope," December 1, 1999
The Algonkian
"A Ferocity of Spirit," Spring 2004
Country Inns
"Books and Crannies," May/June, 1989
Women's Magazines
"In Her Closet," w/ Soledad Twombly, Bazaar, November 1997
"Face Off," Mirabella Magazine, September/October 1997
"Diet Redux," Self Magazine, October 1996
"Butt In: Help Your Teen Stop Smoking--Now," Working Mother Magazine, December/January 2000
"Party Patrol: Setting Safe Limits on Celebrating," Working Mother Magazine, November 1999
"Jobs vs. Studytime: Striking a More Equitable Balance," Working Mother Magazine, October 1999
"Skin-Cancer Crisis: Why You Should Screen Your Teens," Working Mother Magazine, September 1999