is a memoirist, essayist, and critic. She is the author, most recently, of Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma (Alfred A. Knopf), a New York Times Notable Book that was named a best book of 2023 by The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Elle, Esquire, Kirkus, Electric Lit, Apple Books, Audible, The Sunday Times, Vulture, Oprah Daily, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and Publishers Weekly. Her previous books are the memoirs Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning (Alfred A. Knopf, 2017); and Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010), which was a New York Times bestseller. She is the recipient of the 2025 Chowdhury Prize in Literature.
