Ann Bauer

Author of 4 books, including "A Wild Ride Up the Cupboards" and "The Forever Marriage." Essays, literary criticism, and food writing have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Salon, ELLE, Slate, and Tablet Magazine.

Launched 6 months ago

Recent Posts

The Case for Overreacting

This week, more and more countries - including ours - are recommending age restrictions for various social media that just happen to require all citizens to sign up for a digital government registry. Just say no.

I did something unbecoming this week. I tracked a guy I don’t know, tagged him in posts, and harangued him into making a statement disavowing a friend who endorsed the UK plan to ban social media for under-16s, forcing every citizen to register via digital ID or facial recognition in order to access the Internet.

A Celebration of Death

We're marking the end of my father's reign on earth with finger foods at a drop-in open house. No service, no songs, no spiritual allusions. For me, this too is a loss.

The Truth About Pedro

Dogs divide us. It’s the designer Doodle people versus the shelter mutt folks. I am profoundly and with all my heart in the latter category - no matter what the time, trouble, or mess. Hence, Pedro.