Birthing the Mother Writer

In last month’s “Birthing the Mother Writer Column” Cassie Premo Steele announced that she will be taking a five-month break from her column, as she prepares for a new season…

When I started this column, my stepdaughter was still in college and my daughter was a still slightly chubby nine-year-old. Now the stepdaughter is in law school and my daughter…

Last month’s “Birthing the Mother Writer” column asked readers to submit a creative nonfiction piece that illustrates the resistance to and need for rest as a mother writer. The following…

This month Cassie Premo Steele invites you to submit a creative nonfiction piece of 800-1200 words that illustrates your resistance to and need for rest as a mother writer.

Last month’s “Birthing the Mother Writer” column asked readers to submit poems in the tradition of Dickinson, Rich, Rukeyser, and Olds whose poetry prunes away the hopes and fantasies of…

In the tradition of the poetry of Dickinson, Rich, Rukeyser, and Olds, Cassie Premo Steele invites you to submit a poem that prunes away the hopes and fantasy and false…

Last month’s column explored the theme of claiming your voice and your desire as a mother and as a writer. In this creative non-fiction piece, Kezia Willingham discusses the ways…

A Bieber concert is as much for the moms as the girls. For one night, our daughters’ eye rolling and self-doubt turn into screaming and exhilaration. We are reminded of…

Last month’s column focused on how publication can change us as writers and mothers and asked readers to submit essays reflecting on these changes. In this essay, writer Em Climaco…

In the tradition of Audre Lorde and Anne Lamott’s truth-telling, Cassie Premo Steele invites you to submit a creative non-fiction piece of 800-1200 words on the theme of how you…

Last month’s column invited readers to submit a short story or creative non-fiction piece on the theme of claiming one’s own space as a mother writer. In this essay a…