Literary Reflections

I knew I had officially become a parent when my subscription to The New Yorker disappeared and Brain, Child took its place. My twins were seventeen weeks old.

Has having a child changed your reading habits? Do you mourn the loss of your pre-parenthood regular reading material, or have you – like Becki – found a new favorite…

When I find a book that delights me, I tend to push it on all my friends with evangelistic zeal. The downside of lending out a beloved book, of course,…

With a new year comes a new impulse to examine ourselves and the way the various pieces of our identities fit together.

Sometimes, grandmothers can provide something slightly magical that nobody else can.

This month, our editors suggest a clutch of maternal memoirs and essays that illuminate the challenges of parenthood as many of us will never know it, which yet resonate in…

In the days leading up to talent night at my daughter’s middle school, Emily would only share that she had a short moment on stage. She had been keeping more…

The psychic is down-to-earth and expensive. My husband, Richard, is young. He lives in London, and has not yet moved to the US, where he will meet me, or to…

Heidi Reimer is the author of this month’s essay, Prophecy. She writes about her unusual journey into motherhood, and lays bare her inner conflict around what it means to be…

After the nine-hour drive home, with a few tears along the way, I anticipated a relaxing Labor Day weekend on my own — my younger son and husband were out…

Write a review of one book you’ve read based on your child’s recommendation or urging. Why does he/she like it? Why were you hesitant to read it? Did your initial…