Selected Essays

NY Times Opinion, Why I Write My Own Obituary Every Year

The Atlantic, What Squirrels Taught Me About Life After Divorce

The Sun Magazine, Roots & Rhizomes

VQR, Splitting the Family Story

The American Scholar, Lessons of a Starry Night

River Teeth's Beautiful Things, The Inside of Bones

Lit Mama, That Impossible Place: A Conversation between Margo Steines & Kelly McMasters

American Scholar, Hey Siri, Call Webster

Lit Hub, The Ethics of Writing Family Memoir

The American Scholar, Monotony Interrupted

Lit Hub, On the Journey Back to Writing As a Single Mother

The New York Times, Travel section

Selected Book Reviews + Author Profiles