Literary Reflections

You may have watched the movie, but have you read the book? Here are a few of our favorite titles that shine as brightly on the page as they do…

The night before my daughter started kindergarten, I had a nightmare, not about playground bullies, unsympathetic teachers, or empty nest syndrome. It was the day before her first day of…

In this month’s “An Inheritance From My Mother: Emily Dickinson,” Vivian Morrow Jones writes about how it took many decades for her to understand her mother’s affinity for Dickinson’s work.…

I stare at the words in my mother’s book and steady the wooden swing so that I can read them one more time. Above me a live oak tree sheds…

This month’s Now Reading list takes us from Cape Cod to Mayanmar, from the kitchen to the delivery room, from saving tigers to professional wailing. Download the list here and…

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…

Although we’re proudly Mama-centric around here, we still recognize the importance that fathers hold in our lives. In honor of Father’s Day we’ve compiled a list of our favorite books…

In this month’s “Pinging Rocking and Writing,” Cindy Urbanski describes how she used journaling and blogging to help her cope with a particularly difficult time. She admits however, that there…

When one begins to research the idea of adopting a child that is not an infant, some frightening things come onto the scene quickly. In my notebook, I scribble “attachment…

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…

The “Mother-List” has landed! In honor of May, the Mother-of-all-Months, we at Literary Mama have compiled our favorite maternal-centric books into one grand “Mother-List.” Read, and be nurtured. Share the…