Baking is a matter of precision and timing, but I just make things up as I go. — Rumaan Alam Baking Copy Share Image
With respect to parenting, biological age is not, for men, the concern it is for women. — Rumaan Alam Age Copy Share Image
I reject the notion that one should feel guilty about what you don't know. — Rumaan Alam About Copy Share Image
Class is very, very fertile territory for American artists, and it has been for a long time. — Rumaan Alam American Copy Share Image
I am not anti-Internet, and I don't think smart phones are a social ill. — Rumaan Alam I am Copy Share Image
Fashion has underscored the interchangeability of men for a long time, maybe from the outset. — Rumaan Alam Fashion Copy Share Image
Children are weird. I was going to say 'most children,' but I think this a rare universal law. — Rumaan Alam Children Copy Share Image
Because the designers at Baby Gap and Crew Cuts have determined it would be cute if kids dressed like their dads, seemingly… — Rumaan Alam American Copy Share Image
I didn't know, at 22, that everything that happens to you, the good stuff as well as the less-good stuff, accrues and… — Rumaan Alam Becomes Copy Share Image
The culture looms much larger than you do as a parent, and one can hardly rely on the culture to impart the… — Rumaan Alam Culture Copy Share Image
I mourn for the kind of dad I didn't have; I rue my first broken family while taking joy in the one… — Rumaan Alam Broken Copy Share Image
For a long time, I thought that I was an enlightened parent by virtue of being an enlightened person. What a fool. — Rumaan Alam Enlightened Copy Share Image
Shot glasses make me think of youth and a mode of drinking and living that was never mine, even when I was… — Rumaan Alam Age Copy Share Image
“One of her most reached-for truisms was that some percentage of jobs were indistinguishable from one another, as they all involved the… — Rumaan Alam Email Copy Share Image
The cultural conversation around privilege has grown vibrant enough that the ultimate privilege is to just ignore it altogether. Some decry this… — Rumaan Alam Communication Copy Share Image
When you are what we call a 'minority writer,' a writer of color, a writer of any kind of difference, there is… — Rumaan Alam Everything Copy Share Image
I married the man I love when the state of California said I could. We made a family through adoption, as New… — Rumaan Alam Adoption Copy Share Image
Before the arrival of my first son, I gave up on the moribund business of magazine publishing, where I had long dreamed… — Rumaan Alam Business Copy Share Image
My husband and I adopted our children through a private agency, Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children. As a nonprofit organization, it… — Rumaan Alam Adopted children Copy Share Image
Contemporary families can be made in many ways. You might step up when relatives or friends are unable to meet their obligation… — Rumaan Alam Children Copy Share Image
Lindsay Hatton's novel 'Monterey Bay' so beautifully evokes the landscape of the titular locale, you'll feel transported to Northern California even if… — Rumaan Alam California Copy Share Image
I've spent many hours of my life browsing in stores. At 21, I admired clothes I couldn't afford. At 30, I bought… — Rumaan Alam Beautiful Copy Share Image
When we had our first son, four different people gave us the same present: a copy of Ezra Jack Keats' 'The Snowy… — Rumaan Alam Day Copy Share Image
I work when I'm alone, but I have children and a family and a job, so alone time is at a premium. — Rumaan Alam Alone Copy Share Image
You can't control what's going to happen to the book you're about to publish. — Rumaan Alam About Copy Share Image
Children's books deal in idealized worlds, so they're a document of how our notion of ideal worlds has changed over time. — Rumaan Alam Books Copy Share Image
Some writers are prolific; some are shape-shifters. It's rare and intimidating to encounter one who is both. — Rumaan Alam Both Copy Share Image
For many writers, the endless performance of being a writer - tweeting, appearing, making the rounds - is required simply to attract… — Rumaan Alam Attention Copy Share Image
When I was somewhere between child and adult, my father left us. My first family broke apart, but this liberated me to… — Rumaan Alam Children Copy Share Image
Checking your phone during dinner is no less rude than reading 'People' during dinner, which I once saw a woman do at… — Rumaan Alam Blue Copy Share Image
Usually, when you see clothes on a model, by some transitive property, that garment is imbued with her beauty. — Rumaan Alam Beauty Copy Share Image
I have a theory that because my kitchen is small, you can't preheat an oven and deal with dough at the same… — Rumaan Alam Bad Copy Share Image
