Elyse Moody

2015-01-29

I’m a huge fan of Eudora Welty’s fiction, especially her short stories, so I was thrilled to be assigned a review of Anne Tyler’s latest, A Spool of Blue...

2014-11-10

I corresponded last week with UVA-based astrophysicist Sabrina Stierwalt, PhD, who is one of L’Oréal USA’s 2014 Women in Science fellowship recipients...

2014-11-06

On the set for a recent ELLE photo shoot, I met the incredible Chrissy Beckles, a former boxing champion who now runs one of the most heartwarming charities...

2014-09-26

…is the salmon salsa verde actress Tracy Pollan made for her family’s dinner for ELLE’s October Living feature. (I got to try it, and it was literally...

2014-09-05

It’s no secret: I love a good ghost story. But Katy Simpson Smith’s incantatory debut novel, The Story of Land and Sea, which I reviewed for ELLE’s September...

2014-08-07

Journalist Helen Thorpe’s new book, Soldier Girls, investigates three women National Guard members who signed up for the stateside benefits–some had never...

2014-06-20

From skin care to relationships to home decoration to chasing down a literary legend, ELLE’s July issue for me was all about the DIY spirit. I learned...

2014-05-27

For ELLE’s June issue, I interviewed Rachel Blumenthal, fashion maven and founder of chic parenting site Cricket’s Circle, and summer...

2014-05-27

Ever wonder whether lucid dreaming and meditation can help redirect your waking life? I checked out an artsy exploration of the idea at NYC&rsquo...

2014-04-29

I loved Rivka Galchen’s debut story collection, American Innovations, out soon, for two reasons: (1) Many of the stories in it are set in my neighborhood...