About Kim
Kim Brooks is the author of Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear, an NPR Best Book of the Year, described by the National Book Review as “an impassioned, smart work of social criticism and a call for support and empathy.” Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, New YorkMagazine, Good Housekeeping, Chicago Magazine, Salon, Buzzfeed, and other publications. She has spoken as a guest on CBS This Morning, PBS Newshour, 20/20, NPR’s All Things Considered, Good Morning America, the Brian Lehr Show, and many other radio shows and podcasts. Her novel, The Houseguest, was published in 2016. She lives in Chicago.
Essays
-Motherhood in the Age of Fear, New York Times, July 27, 2018
-Parents Who Pay to Be Watched, The Cut, August 28, 2017
-The Emancipation of the MILF, The Cut, New York Magazine, May 18, 2017
-A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Mom, The Cut, New York Magazine, April 12, 2016
-"I'm Having a Friendship Affair," The Cut, New York Magazine, December 22, 2015
-Why Parenting Advice is so Hard to Take, The Cut, New York Magazine, June 22, 2015
-The Struggle to Reclaim Parenting, Buzzfeed, April 21, 2015