Literary Reflections

Mayer, too, suffered from angst. But what’s refreshing, even radical, for twenty-first century mothers who have been pitted against each other and against every false ideal of motherhood, is this:…

I’m trying to open a window into my soul, to show how it feels to know that this activity of nursing my daughter is also an activity of becoming more…

Whether you seek a book that depicts a fervent desire for motherhood or an ambivalent approach, our colleagues have you covered this month with an exploration of our annual October…

What would you choose if you were granted the gift of free time to read? This month our colleagues share their fantasy reads.

I have been full of my own concerns; I haven’t listened when she said, “There is something in me that I want to get down on paper. There is something…

The books on my lap kept piling up, books for me to read to them. I imagined them in their thirties sitting at my feet as I read them Pride…

During the most intense period of physical and emotional attachment, when my daughter was an infant, writing was a means to connect to my deepest self. It was also a…

This month’s Essential Reading offers literary examples of fatherhood. Join our staff as we highlight literary fathers, characters who command our respect, or at the very least, our attention.

At Mother’s Day, we bring our focus to literary examples of motherhood. Join us as we share our favorite, unforgettable mother characters for this month’s Essential Reading theme, “Mother’s Day.”

I sometimes wondered what I was doing. I was straddling two worlds: the one harried and the other calm, the one in the eye wall of a cyclone and the…

If you appreciate the simple details of the present moment, you will enjoy this month’s theme, for no one celebrates the joys or observes the flashes of the here and…