Literary Reflections

We asked our editors and columnists to look in their book bags and on their night stands to tell us what they’re currently reading. We hope our readers find titles…

Memoirs and biographies provide us with opportunities to enter the lives of people we may never meet face to face, and our lives are enriched by reading about their experiences…

In “Green Means Go,” writer Terri Scullen Terri explores the sometimes frustrating, sometimes triumphant stop and start quality that motherhood has brought to her writing process. “I’m about to give…

We asked our editors and columnists to look in their book bags and on their night stands to tell us what they’re currently reading. We hope our readers find titles…

This is how I keep from sneaking wine on a school day: alone in the empty, silent house, I write, write, write. The party’s in my head: protagonists in exotic…

To: You From: Our Staff Titles of our favorite love stories — guaranteed to set your hearts aflutter! Kathy Moran, Literary Reflections Editor, writes “One of my favorite books to…

In “When the Bough Breaks” , Ann Whitfield Powers writes about seeking communion with writer mothers who have gone before her as a necessary preparation for nurturing two young children…

The bough breaks? The baby falls? Why do we sing such things to our infants? It strikes me as downright sadistic to gaze into my baby’s eyes and sing a…

We asked our editors and columnists to look in their book bags and on their night stands to tell us what they’re currently reading. We hope our readers find titles…

This month, Literary Mama staffers across the globe share their favorite winter titles. Whether you’re shivering in a cold locale, or yearning for snow from a warmer climate, we suggest…

In “Getting Books,” Amy Hassinger watches her children’s growing interest in books and reflects on how books have influenced her life. While her seven-month-old son is just discovering the delight…