Birthing the Mother Writer

This is my last “Birthing the Mother Writer” column for Literary Mama, and so it is a way of saying goodbye to all the readers and reader-writers and editors and…

In our last class before summer break, we explored creative nonfiction as a spectrum that incorporates elements of poetry, fiction, and various nonfiction strategies such as research, journalism, memoir, and…

In Class 5 of Birthing the Mother Writer, Cassie invites readers to submit a book review of one of the six nonfiction books she’s suggested, or else one of their…

In last month’s “Birthing the Mother Writer” class, we were introduced to dialogue in fiction as a way of keeping the plot and narrative “rolling,” while also revealing the hidden…

In Class 4 of Birthing the Mother Writer, Cassie invites readers to submit a short story of 700-1000 words that shows an adept use of dialogue.

In last month’s column, Cassie Premo Steele asked readers to submit short stories that demonstrate the principles of narrative timing and scene making. Here’s the story Cassie chose, along with…

The lesson for Class 3 of Birthing the Mother Writer is: Find the desire.

In last month’s column, Cassie Premo Steele led readers into “the deeper stuff of poetry” and asked them to reflect upon the process of claiming themselves as mother poets. The…

Welcome to Class 2 of Birthing the Mother Writer! Here, Cassie focuses on the Deeper Stuff of Poetry.

Last month, we began our journey into a year-long Birthing the Mother Writer Class by exploring poetry as a map. In this month’s column, we read a poem by a…

Class is back! Over the next year, Cassie Premo Steele will teach you how to birth your own mother writer. So think of yourself, as you read this column, as…