Cherry & Parsons
Writing Portfolio

Books

• Our Precious Pooper: A Brutally Honest Journal of Baby’s First Few Years, Knock Knock 

Essays

• “Maize, Blue, and a Destiny for Two,” Michigan Today

• “Instructions Not Included,” Different Leaf

• “There’s No Shame in Reading Romance Novels,” Cognoscenti (WBUR Radio)

• “Screw You, GOP! And Everyone Else, While We’re at It,” DAME

• “Essential Reading for the Trump Era,” The Haven

• “New Homeland Security Rage Advisory Color Chart,” The Establishment

• “How Not to Miss Your Freshman Son: 25 Reminders,” Grown & Flown 

• “All My Son Needs to Know about Sex and Being a Good Man,” Grown & Flown

• “Coming of Age Whether They Like it or Not,” Motherlode, the New York Times

• “I Said We’d Never Hire a College Admissions Adviser. Then We Did,” Motherlode, the New York Times

• “Surprisingly Good at Talking About Sex,” Motherlode, the New York Times

• “If Acne Doesn’t Bother My Son, Why Should It Bother Me?” Motherlode, the New York Times

• “Hot, Naked and Pregnant,” Salon

• “The Moment When Your Son Asks About His Balls,” Jezebel

Feature Articles

• "Roz Chast draws on eggs with melted wax," the Boston Globe 

• “Four-Legged Colleagues,” InDepth: the Magazine of Smith College School for Social Work

• “Racial Justice and Youth Voices at Heart of Research and Scholarship,” UMass Amherst College of Education

• “Josh Funk’s Double Life” UMass Amherst College of Information & Computer Sciences

• “Alum Plays Key Role in Covid-19 Testing and Vaccinations,” Greenfield Community College

Blog

• Life in the Little City