Literary Reflections

From short stories, to family love, to self-awareness, there is something here for your end-of-summer reading pleasure. Enjoy! Download the list to find it fast at your local bookstore or…

This selection of titles mirrors how marriage varies from couple to couple. Poetry, novels, and nonfiction carry the theme from celebrating love to the intricacies of relationships to the practice…

In this month’s essay, Unbricking Jacinda Townsend writes, “I thought I loved chocolate. I thought I loved my college boyfriend’s butt. I thought I loved my fellow Black people. I…

Sit anyone down for a free association starting with the word “mother,” and you’ll probably get some pretty sunny words. Love. Muffins. Involvement. Nurture. Meatloaf. Self-Sacrifice. Start with the word…

It’s the middle of summer, do you know where your reading list is? One of these is sure to get you back on track — enjoy! Download the list to…

Searching for some great summer reads? This month we’ve got mystery, cooking, and drama on our list. Choose one, or start them all — your hammock is waiting for you!…

This Father’s Day, Literary Mamas share four essential titles containing a variety of insights for fathers everywhere. Celebrate this special day with a good book! Download the list to find…

This month, Literary Mamas are reading with their kids, reading to escape, reading to renew, and reading to entertain. This is a round list; there is at least one here…

I am a secret novelist. Playwright, too. Short stories. Tens of thousands of words are sitting on my computer, in my notebooks. They see light sometimes in my writing group,…

This Mother’s Day, we bring you the Essential Reading for Motherhood. The list is rich with humorous reads (always welcome), and also includes selections that are more serious (always necessary).…

In this month’s essay, Mother Muteness: Writing My Way Out of Silence, Yelizaveta Renfro remembers feeling that her writing was silenced while in the trenches of early motherhood, nursing her…