Emily Lang

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Anna Martin |Reva Goldberg |Emily Lang |Christina Djossa |Amy Pearl |Sara Brooke Curtis | +5 more

In honor of Mother's Day this week, we revisit the story of one mom who went to extraordinary lengths to make sure her daughter always felt her love, even after she was gone. Each time Genevieve Kingston reached a milestone - a birthday, her first period, high school graduation - she'd reach into the box her mom had packed for her and pull out the note and gift that went with that occasion.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Anna Martin |Reva Goldberg |Emily Lang |Christina Djossa |Amy Pearl |Sara Brooke Curtis | +7 more

It's been almost a year since Miranda July released her hit novel, "All Fours." The novel features a woman in her mid-40s who heads out on a solo road trip across the country, only to stop at a roadside motel 30 minutes from her home. She winds up staying there for three weeks, exploring and questioning what she actually wants and needs out of midlife, things she can't really focus on when she's busy being a wife, a mom and a working artist.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Anna Martin |Reva Goldberg |Emily Lang |Christina Djossa |Amy Pearl |Sara Brooke Curtis | +8 more

KC Davis is a therapist and author known for her practical, empathetic advice on dealing with clutter, even when you are feeling like too much of a mess yourself to take care of the mess in your home. Her TikTok videos on the subject have been viewed millions of times. But lately, Davis has been talking and writing about our relationships not just to the objects in our lives, but to the people, too.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Anna Martin |Reva Goldberg |Emily Lang |Christina Djossa |Amy Pearl |Sara Brooke Curtis | +6 more

transcriptGen X? More Like Gen Sex. At 46, Mireille Silcoff divorced her partner of 21 years, and went on to have more sex and better sex than she'd ever had before. She soon realized she wasn't the only woman her age in the midst of a sexual renaissance. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Anna Martin |Reva Goldberg |Emily Lang |Christina Djossa |Amy Pearl |Sara Brooke Curtis | +9 more

As U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón has had a far-reaching impact. She has visited readers and writers across the country, installed poems at majestic sites in national parks, and she even wrote a poem that's engraved inside a NASA spacecraft on its way to Jupiter. Today on the show, though, our host Anna Martin talks with Limón about something more personal and intimate: What happens when writers fall hopelessly in love.