From the Editor

What makes literature good? What’s the difference between something that’s of value to me and something that could be of value to somebody else?

I frequently find myself gritting my teeth, just trying to get through a period of time–the work day, a stage in my children’s development, an entire political regime.

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But I cannot lose the hope that someday, all of us will be regarded as equal, and King’s famous dream will become a reality.

I’ve enjoyed hearing the machine’s busy thwacking, that old-fashioned sound of creative activity. It’s the sound of resistance to the tyranny of the internet.

Writers these days seem to fall into two camps with regard to writing during the pandemic: paralysis or extreme productivity

Black Lives Matter. Black Mothers Matter. Black Writers Matter.

May 20, 2020. That date on my paper calendar has sported an asterisk for over a year. Written underneath the date in pen—something I rarely use on a calendar—are the…

Welcome to the March/April issue of Literary Mama!

I’m shy of resolutions and their self-defeating magnitude, but with each new year, I return to this quiet intention: to read more books.

Here at Literary Mama, we pride ourselves on providing a home for the work of new and emerging writers. Many on our staff, myself included, had our first publication in…