Ariel Gore

About

Ariel Gore is an award-winning journalist and editor and the author of over a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction. The topics of her work include women and happiness, creativity, the politics of parenting, caregiving, feminism and queer culture, and narcissistic mothers. She published the American Alternative Press Award-winning magazine Hip Mama and edited Portland Queer, which won a 2011 LAMBDA Literary Award. Her most recent books are We Were Witches (The Feminist Press), a surrealist memoir of teen motherhood, and Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer (The Feminist Press), a memoir of gay marriage and the failure of the American health cancer industry.

Books by Ariel Gore

Recent Posts

The Power of Rehearsing Grief

"My willingness to imagine it allowed me to keep breathing and not run away."

Adoption and the Psychology of Loss and Love

What unique challenges do people in the adoption constellation face?

We Heal From Grief in Relationship

We don't "move on" from grief but rather learn to make room for it. A new novel explores the necessity of friendships and connections in that process.

Toward a Psychology of Wonder

When study participants could keep their level of curiosity pretty consistent throughout the day, their entire sense of well-being bloomed.

Even Bestselling Authors Can Suffer Imposter Syndrome

"I realized that as a Mexican living in California, a state which was once a part of Mexico, I am not the foreigner or the outsider."

"I realized that as a Mexican living in California, a state which was once a part of Mexico, I am not the foreigner or the outsider."

Joy in the Time of COVID

Is the pandemic getting you down? Here's how women are tapping into joy and resilience.

Is the pandemic getting you down? Here's how women are tapping into joy and resilience.

Does Witchcraft Hold the Secret to Happiness?

Claiming the witch archetype is a means of self-empowerment.

Claiming the witch archetype is a means of self-empowerment.

Drawing Out Grief

A new memoir explores girlhood friendship, hippie parenting, and buried grief.

A new memoir explores girlhood friendship, hippie parenting, and buried grief.

Young, Queer, and Pregnant

Teenage pregnancy gets a new narrative.

Teenage pregnancy gets a new narrative.

What Does It Take to Transform Trauma Into Art?

Want to write through trauma and mental illness? Chelsey Clammer illuminates the art and craft making excellent essays out of tough experiences.

Want to write through trauma and mental illness? Chelsey Clammer illuminates the art and craft making excellent essays out of tough experiences.