1. THE INTELLIGENT SOUL
   1. My Mother's Case of Pleasant Dementia - Newsweek, 2008
   2. What They Did for Bliss - the Nuns of Regina Laudis, Oprah, 2004
   3. Taking the Cure with Dr. Weil in India,  More, 2002 *
   4. The Case of Dr. Elizabeth Targ - Does Prayer Work?  Oprah, 2003
   5. Sally Kempton - The Making of an American Swami, My Generation, 2001
   6. Ram Dass is Back, New York Times Magazine, 2001
   7. Energy Magic - Healer Rosalyn Bruyere, Oprah, 2001
2. SEX AND LOVE
   1. Love Late, O Magazine, 2007
   2. The Politically Incorrect Orgasm, Mirabella, 1997
   3. The Man with Ten Wives, Rolling Stone, 1975
   4. Open Land: Getting Back to the Communal Garden, Harper's Magazine, 1970
3. HOW WE LIVE
   1. Real Property, Esquire, 1979
   2. A Customer Finds Herself @Wits' End, Los Angeles Times, 2001 *
   3. The Perfect Nanny, Los Angeles Times Magazine, 1991
   4. Murder in Westwood, Oprah, 2003
4. THE POLITICAL GAME
   1. Confessions of a Dove in Afghanistan, Huffington Post, 2009
   2. Travels with Jerry Brown, Los Angeles Times Magazine, 1992
   3. The First Advance Woman, Harper's Magazine, 1974 *
   4. Patty Hearst in the land of the Cobra, New York Times Magazine, 1974
5. KNOWING JOAN DIDION AND JOHN GREGORY DUNNE
   1. A Visit with Joan Didion, N.Y. Times Book Review, 4/1/1977
   2. John Dunne Creates a "Monster," L.A. Times, 1997
   3. Joan Didion - Losing John, Oprah, 2005

* humorous pieces