writing
a different kind of same, a memoir
WINNER OF THE CHICAGO WRITERS ASSOCIATION BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2015
In the spring of 2004, my brother Matt, my only sibling, died by suicide. As I grieved, I wondered if there was anything I could have done to save him. I wondered if there was something I needed to do to save myself.
“Anyone who has lost someone to suicide will find and take courage from this brave and beautiful book.”
— Abigail Thomas, author of "Safekeeping," "Three Dog Life," and "What Comes Next and How to Like it"
“A gripping and wounding book that invited me to think—and keep thinking—about grief, survival, and what it means to heal.”
— Ryan Van Meter, author of "If You Knew Then What I Know Now"
“With calm and elegant strength, she tells the story of her love for her brother and her desire to understand how to be a sister after a sibling has died.”
— Jessica Handler, author of "Invisible Sisters" and "Braving the Fire"
MORE PUBLICATIONS:
Essays / Articles
Under The Sun; Volume XIV No. 1, Summer 2008
South Loop Review; Volume 10, Fall 2008
Flashquake.org; Volume 8 Issue 3, Spring 2009
The Gettysburg Review; Volume 22 Issue 3, Fall 2009
The Prose-Poem Project; Volume 1 Issue 3, Winter ‘10
Tiny Lights: Flash in the Pan; 23rd Flash, Winter 2010
Cadillac Cicatrix, Issue 5, Spring 2011
Shambhala SunSpace, July 2012
Colorado Review, Summer 2013
Redivider, Issue 12.1, Winter 2014
Woman's Day, May 2015
Writer's Digest, June 2015
TheBump.com, July 2015
To Write Love on Her Arms, September 2015
Brain, Child Magazine, September 2015
TriQuarterly, July 2016
Bella Grace, Spring 2018
video/radio/podcast
HuffPost Live, May 2015
101.9 The Mix, July 13, 2015
Michigan Radio: Stateside with Cynthia Canty
interviews/reviews
WTF Are You Reading? July 2015
Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb, September 2015
Washington Independent Review of Books, September 2015
Colorado Review, Fall 2015
Psych Central, Spring 2016