Meghan Daum Is Having A Moment May 01, 2025
I reviewed Meghan Daum’s new book, The Catastrophe Hour, for Air Mail.When I told her about this she said, “Are you even allowed to do that?”“I’m not hiding anything,” I said. “I put the conflict of interest right at the top.”I had published her firs...
Private Predicaments and Natural Disasters April 14, 2025
Over five first-rate essay collections and one very good, if underrated, novel, Meghan Daum has written a cohesive, almost novelistic narrative about a character named Meghan Daum. Her first book, My Misspent Youth, from 2001 (which, full disclosure,...