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I am a writer, teacher, and editor. I have an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College, a PhD in Comparative Literature from Brown University, and was a Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow at the Center for Fiction. Currently, I am an editor at Lux, a feminist magazine. I am from New Jersey and live in New York City with my wife and our Pomeranian.

Waiting on a Friend is my first novel. Check out the bookshelf "waiting-on-a-friend-research" for everything I read to write it! ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 1,410 ratings · 397 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Waiting on a Friend 3.71 avg rating — 1,233 ratings — published 2026 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen by Jonathan D. Cohen (Editor), Natalie Adler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Eric Alterman (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 95 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Organize to Change Everything: Fighting for Abortion Access and Reproductive Justice by Natalie Adler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marian Jones (Editor), Jessie Kindig (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 68 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En attendant Marky Moon 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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