Mentoring
I mentor writers working on book-length projects through the Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s two-year Book Project; six of my mentees have books published or forthcoming on major presses. If you’re interested in mentorship or would like to learn more, visit the Book Project’s website. The application typically opens in April and closes in June.
Mentees’ Books
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No Choice, by Becca Andrews (Public Affairs, 2022)
An in-depth look at the legacy of Roe v. Wade, and on-the-ground reporting from the front lines of the battle to protect the right to choose
Book Project 2020-2022
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The Good Enough Job, by Simone Stolzoff (Portfolio, 2023)
A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches.
Book Project 2020-2022
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How to Winter, by Kari Leibowitz (Penguin Life, 2024)
A blend of mindset science, original research, and cultural insights for cultivating a positive “wintertime mindset,” to vanquish winter blues and find joy and comfort in dark times year-round.
Book Project 2021-2023 -
The Tragedy of True Crime (Celadon, 2025)
The Tragedy of True Crime is a first-person journalistic account of the lives of four men who have killed, written by a man who has killed. Lennon entered the New York prison system with a sentence of 28 years to life but after he stepped into a writing workshop at Attica Correctional Facility, his whole life changed. Reporting from the cell block and the prison yard, Lennon challenges our obsession with true crime by telling the full life stories of men now serving time for the lives they took.
Book Project 2020-2022 -
Title TBD, by Angelique Stevens (Simon & Schuster, Pub Date TBD)
A collection of essays about poverty and the myth of the American Dream.
Book Project 2021-2023 -
Unseen Places, by Anna Kodé (Dutton, Pub Date TBD)
A love letter to the power of seeing the world with fresh eyes, and an investigation—both practical and philosophical—into what it means to observe.
Book Project 2024-2026