Clips
Here's a sampling of essays, articles, and book reviews by Lorraine Duffy Merkl.
The New York Times
Let the Pandemic Apologies Begin
Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Most Beautiful Man I Had Ever Seen’
Mother Becomes a Devoted Team Player
‘I Saw a Prominent Display of a Sauvignon Blanc From New Zealand’
Town & Country
Can a Doppelganger Replace Your Favorite Store?
10 Signs You Are a Monogram Addict
10 Ways The Official Preppy Handbook Changed My Life
Even Though I'm a Chick from the Bronx, I Adore Whit Stillman's Metropolitan
Stop Hassling Me If I Don't Feel Like Drinking
What It Really Means When Someone Asks If Your Bag Is Real
Shondaland / The Washington Post
Eldercare Burnout: The Help You Need Is For Yourself
ElA Job I Deemed Beneath Me Got Me Through the Pandemic
How to lose your marriage in 5 steps, as shown on HBO’s ‘Divorce’
New York Daily News
The school insanity starts far earlier:
Christmas, not only His birthday
My all-consuming Christmas ornament obsession: How I became a sucker for decking out my tree
New York Observer
Over 50 and Returning to Work?
Career Experts Share How to Land the Job You Want
Micro-Living: Before the Revolution (and Why I Left The Ansonia)
Seven Life Lessons From an Independent Worker
Our Perverse Obsession With Shape-Shaming a 56-Year-Old Doll
What You Can Learn About Resume Fraud From Watching ‘Suits’
The Outer Boroughs Are Worth Their Weight in ‘Billions’
The Top 10 Things NOT to Say or Do When Accepting Your Award
Praise Harper Lee for What She Didn’t Do
Bustle / Marie Claire / Redbook / Cosmopolitan
How I Also Lost My Boyfriend To the Theater
The Big Lesson Learned from an Anti-Bridezilla
Betty Draper's Letter Could Have Been Written By Me
I Ghosted on My Long-Term Boyfriend — and Now I Regret It
Next Tribe
How I Learned to Take Care of Myself As Well As I Take Care of Others
Watching the New Show ImpeachmentGave Me PTSD
What’s Up With the Horror Movie Old, Where Aging is the Monster?
In 2021, Would The Devil Still Wear Prada?
The Ethel / The Girlfriend / Disrupt Aging
The Best Part of Being 60-Something
So Much for Sparring Sisters-in-Law, I Love Mine
Confessions of the Invisible Woman
I’ve Suddenly Become My Mother in My Fashion Tastes
Why I'm Thrilled My Daughter Won't Finish College
An Ode To Sports Girls From One Who Is Not
Rachel Ray In Season / The Independent
It Took 3 Of Us To Remember The Recipes My Mother Forgot
Like Rebel Wilson, a lot of people I knew wanted me to stay fat
If You're Mad At Ellen DeGeneres For Not Breaking Down Over Anne Heche, You're Missing the Point
Our Town
“The Undoing”: Another Reason For People To Hate NYC
Boomer Mom vs. the Modern Office
Reliving 'Desperately Seeking Susan'
When Andy Sachs Met Don Draper