Ellen Pall has written dozens of feature articles, essays and book reviews for the New York Times and other publications. A sampling is available below.

The Millions

Adventures in Not-Writing January 19, 2023

The New York Review of Books/NYRDaily  

To Recover Mother August 25, 2020 - PDF

The New York Times

Meet The Neighbors (New York Observed) from The New York Times, October 28, 2007

The Man on the Bench (New York Observed) from The New York Times, February 19, 2006

Father and Daughter: One Final Connection from The New York Times, December 25, 2005

Mothers Lost and Found from The New York Times, May 8, 2005

Whodunit? Suddenly Nobody Cared from The New York Times “City” Section, February 9, 2003

URBAN TACTICS: Imaginary People In Real Gardens from The New York Times “City” Section, May 6, 2001

Video Verite from The Sunday New York Times “Education Life” Supplement, January 3, 1999

The Long-Running Musical of William Finn’s Life from The New York Times Sunday Magazine, June 14, 1998

Modern Romantic from The New York Times Sunday Magazine, May 11, 1997

My Sister In Disguise from The New York Times Sunday Magazine, March 30, 1997

The Do-It-Yourself Dealers from The New York Times Sunday Magazine, September 1, 1996

Of God and Weinerville from The New York Times Sunday Magazine, December 10, 1995

Starting from Scratch from The New York Times Sunday Magazine, September 24, 1995

Painting Life Into Sammy from The New York Times Sunday Magazine, January 29, 1995

Out of Kenya from The New York Times Op-Ed section, September 16, 1991

In the Grasp of Romance: My Life as Fiona Hill from The New York Times Sunday Book Review, April 30, 1989


The New Yorker

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