Jennifer Senior

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The Atlantic is about her often futile attempts to fall asleep, and about the latest research into insomnia.

In an Atlantic article, "The Ones We Sent Away," Jennifer Senior tells the story of her aunt, who was institutionalized at age 21 months because of her intellectual and developmental disability.

Kids can be magical and maddening. The title of Jennifer Senior's book — All Joy and No Fun — contrasts the strains of day-to-day parenting with the transcendent experience of raising a child.