Us, After: A Book Talk with Rachel Zimmerman

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Valor Together’s special book talk with Rachel Zimmerman, author of Us, After. We’re so grateful for your presence, thoughtful questions, and the meaningful conversation that unfolded. Rachel’s insights and storytelling reminded us of the power of shared experience and the importance of healing through community. Your engagement made the event truly memorable. We look forward to gathering with you again soon.

About Rachel Zimmerman

Rachel Zimmerman, an award-winning journalist, has written about health and medicine for more than two decades. She currently contributes stories on mental health to The Washington Post and previously worked as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal and a health reporter for WBUR, Boston’s public radio station. Her essays and reporting have been published in The New York Times; Vogue; The Cut; O, The Oprah Magazine; The Atlantic; Slate; The Huffington Post; and Brevity, among others.

Zimmerman is the author of Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide, published in June 2024 by the Santa Fe Writers Project.

 Zimmerman is also co-author of The Healing Power of Storytelling; and The Doula Guide to Birth. She’s been awarded residencies at Millay Arts and the Turkeyland Cove Foundation and currently lives with her family in Cambridge, Mass.