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My biggest accomplishment of 2020 was keeping all four cats and both chinchillas alive. (A couple of them tried very hard to die this year.) So instead of sharing a year-end list of stuff I wrote in 2020 (what stuff??), I'd like to share my favorite pieces I edited for @bookpage.
This Q&A with @wordscience about 'Wow, No Thank You,' which all my coworkers knew I was working on when they heard me cackling alone at my desk (back when I worked in an office with other people instead of in the second bedroom of my condo with cats). https://bookpage.com/interviews/25025-samantha-irby-nonfiction#.X-45X-lKiu4
This behind the book essay by @helen__jukes about her memoir 'A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings.' During the production of our May issue, two coworkers messaged me separately to say it might be the most beautiful thing they've ever proofed for @bookpage. https://bookpage.com/behind-the-book/25046-helen-jukes-reflects-year-that-inspired-her-meditative-new-memoir-nonfiction#.X-4t0-lKiu4
This Q&A with @smdanler about her memoir 'Stray.' Mere days before the world went into lockdown, I got to have lunch with Stephanie at ALA and hear about all the backroads this book took on its way to publication. I devoured my copy in a day. https://bookpage.com/interviews/25185-stephanie-danler-biography-memoir#.X-4vVulKiu4
This behind the book essay by @dadjmi about his memoir 'Lot Six.' This book, shall we say, took the scenic route to publication, and David's essay about it charmed the socks off of me—and should perhaps be required reading for all aspiring memoirists. https://bookpage.com/behind-the-book/25254-how-to-write-great-memoir-10-years-less-nonfiction#.X-4tfOlKiu4
This review of Shayla Lawson's 'This Is Major' by Vanessa Willoughby. The review came in about three times as long as what we normally run, but it was so full of love and insight and praise, I just had to leave it intact. https://bookpage.com/reviews/25259-shayla-lawson-this-major-nonfiction#.X-43yOlKiu4
This interview with Natasha Trethewey by @destinyoshay. I read Destiny's interview before I finished reading 'Memorial Drive,' and I'm so glad because Destiny's beautiful analysis of this memoir shaped the way I read and internalized it. https://bookpage.com/interviews/25301-natasha-trethewey-biography-memoir#.X-4t0OlKiu4
This review of @HelenJMacdonald's 'Vesper Flights' by @ASpydell. Everything Anna writes for @bookpage is 20x more beautiful and poetic than it needs to be, but the line "vibrates with dark, forested strangeness" from this review has stuck with me all year. https://bookpage.com/reviews/25442-helen-macdonald-vesper-flights-nonfiction#.X-4uo-lKiu4
This spooky-themed lifestyles column by @hannasusj. Editing Susannah's column every month is a delight—so charming, such irresistible personality—but she really outdid herself with this trio of Halloween books. https://bookpage.com/features/25534-lifestyles-october-2020-nonfiction#.X-40hulKiu4
This Q&A with @Racheldoesstuff about her debut book 'I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are.' Can you blame me?? https://bookpage.com/interviews/25746-rachel-bloom-nonfiction#.X-4ztOlKiu4
And last but far from least: This Q&A with Baba the Cat, author of 'A Cat's Tale,' who answered some questions for us about being a cat, and whose answers I put in a national magazine. 
https://bookpage.com/interviews/25745-baba-cat#.X-4vBelKiu5
https://bookpage.com/interviews/25745-baba-cat#.X-4vBelKiu5
