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
I reject the notion that one should feel guilty about what you don't know. — Rumaan Alam About Copy Share Image
Baking is a matter of precision and timing, but I just make things up as I go. — Rumaan Alam Baking 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
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
When I look at the list of my favorite works, writers who are women do tend to outnumber writers who are men… — Rumaan Alam Look 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
I always like it when writers posit writing as an act of empathy. It's such a grand turn of phrase, such a… — Rumaan Alam Art Copy Share Image
The person most qualified to tell the tale of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the man himself, as gifted an intellect as he is… — Rumaan Alam Gifted 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
It is true for my family and many others: Adoption has made us infinitely richer in the ways that matter most. — Rumaan Alam Adoption 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
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 didn't know, at 22, that regret is useless. If I could go back and change something - give myself some big… — Rumaan Alam Big break Copy Share Image
I think that in the cultural imagination, motherhood has a primacy that fatherhood just doesn't; and that's not to say that there… — Rumaan Alam Fatherhood 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
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
Among this country's enduring myths is that success is virtuous, while the wealth by which we measure success is incidental. We tell… — Rumaan Alam Happiness Copy Share Image
If you can't empathize with other people, then you will never really be able to write well about them. — Rumaan Alam About Copy Share Image
I grew up in the D.C. suburbs, and what I like about that place is that there's not a strong regional affect… — Rumaan Alam City Copy Share Image
Children's picture books are a unique record of social evolution: in gender roles and racial politics, as is much discussed, but also… — Rumaan Alam Books Copy Share Image
Men's fashion's tendency toward uniformity promises little fun, but at least it offers this: If I wear sweatpants and sneakers, I can… — Rumaan Alam American Copy Share Image
