The Childfree Genre: Bring on More Interviews & Essay Collections
I was delighted to see Henriette Mantel in last Sunday’s Chicago Tribune Lifestyles section in Heidi Steven’s piece, “Childless Writers Address Choice to Forego Parenthood.” Stevens closes with a great quote: “No Kidding strikes me as...
Talking Overpopulation: Signs of Coming Out of Taboo Territory?
Today the San Francisco Chronicle has the biggest feature article on population growth I have ever seen it do. The article is titled, “As the World Grow, So Do Climate Dangers.” In watching new nonfiction releases, I have also been noticing an excellent...
Writing Worthy Works of Nonfiction
As a childfree choice expert, a couple of years ago the Wall Street Journal asked if I would respond to a piece by Bryan Caplan related to his book, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids. We had our different points of view to be sure, but the other day I ran across...
Childfree=Narcissist? Authors of The Narcissism Epidemic Would Likely Disagree
Tom Wolfe famously proclaimed the 70’s “The Me Decade.” In 1979 Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism became an unexpected…