Julie Fingersh

Kimberly Wang @eardogproductions

Julie Fingersh is a writer, journalist and, most recently, the author of "Stay: A Story of Family, Love & Other Traumas." Julie’s personal essays, editorials, and reported stories have appeared in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post, The Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star, Businessweek, Grown and Flown and more. She writes about all things, including work/self/family balance, wellness, personhood and identity, parenting adult children, cooking, and how to lead a more sane and meaningful life.

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Communities: Neurodivergent, Women Writers with ADHD - profound impact on all aspects of navigating life and work as both a woman and a woman with ADHD. The writing community is not well educated about the role of ADHD as both a superpower and a curse in the province of creativity and success.

All Parents Matter

Parenting can be a complex journey that doesn’t end when children leave the nest. Navigating the challenges, including adoption, illness, grief, and unconventional parenting roles, are part of the twists and turns in the adventure of parenting.

Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Simmons Buntin, Julie Fingersh, Marianne Novy
Moderator: Peter Williams

Exposing Family Secrets

At the intersection of mental and chronic illness in families is a desire to hide them from view. Each of our authors has experienced these issues in her own unique way and, in voices that sometimes rely on humor, will share how healing can come from exposing secrets.

Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)  
Sun, Mar 16, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Freda Epum, Julie Fingersh, Sarah LaBrie
Moderator: Janice Brundage

Book:

Stay

A Story of Family, Love, and Other Traumas
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
October 2024
ISBN 9781538195284
264 pages