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My article “Ways to help kids cope with — and help combat — climate change” in The Washington Post

January 22, 2019

How can we help our children understand without paralyzing them with fear? — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/ways-to-help-kids-cope-with–and-help-combat–climate-change/2019/01/21/f7cc6424-180a-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html

New article up today

November 1, 2017

I interviewed some very smart 5-15 year olds for my article “What Kids Want You to Know”, advice for adults, up today at Seattle’s Child:

October 28, 2016

Thank you for having us, Lit Crawl Seattle! Our Bad Moms reading featuring Wendy Staley Colbert, Jennifer D. Munro, Donna Miscolta and me. #LitCrawlSeattle

Listen To Your Mother is tomorrow!

May 8, 2015

Thank you everyone who has already bought their Listen to Your Mother tickets. The event is tomorrow at 2:00 and we’ll be selling tickets at

Tickets are now on sale for Listen To Your Mother Seattle

March 8, 2015

Tickets are now on sale for Listen To Your Mother Seattle! Please join me and the cast of women/writer/mothers for this celebration of motherhood. 10%

Just Cast in LTYM Seattle

March 1, 2015

I am very happy to be joining the cast of Listen To Your Mother for the Seattle show on May 9th at 2:00. Tickets will

“Gibbous” named winner

September 3, 2014

My short story “Gibbous” has been named the winner of The Eric Hoffer Award for Prose to be published in Best New Writing 2015, available

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Hi there! I’m Ronit. I’m a writer, podcaster, teacher, and storyteller. I love the way stories–whether fiction or nonfiction or interviews–bridge vastly different lived experiences and help connect those who might not otherwise have found each other.

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I’m a writer, podcaster, teacher, and storyteller. Some of my work has been published in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The HuffPost, and The Rumpus, but for a complete list of links please visit my Published Works page.

My passion is learning how someone else has lived or survived or has come to understand something about themselves. I love the way stories–whether fiction or nonfiction or interviews–bridge vastly different lived experiences and help connect those who might not otherwise have found each other. Listening to someone tell you their truth and being able to share your own can be the glue that keeps us together and seen and supported.

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