Literary Reflections

In “Little Finch” Christy Stillwell writes: “I thought about that bird, if there could be any resentment in her, any sense of loss for the freedom she had given up.…

Each month, Literary Mama’s editors and columnists look in our bags and on our nightstands to let you know what we’re reading right now. Take a look at our picks;…

Inspired by the release of the last installment in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books, we focus this month’s Essentials list on series — those groups of books that entertain and…

In Under the Skin: Lessons in Transformation, Kim Todd writes about researching a 17th century artist’s illustrations of metamorphosis while pregnant herself: “She captured all the caterpillar gains by its…

When I discovered I was pregnant, I was knee-deep in research for a book on an adventure-loving woman who, 300 years ago, at the age of 52, sailed to South…

Each month, Literary Mama’s editors and columnists look in our bags and on our nightstands to let you know what we’re reading right now. Take a look at our picks;…

This month, Literary Mama editors and columnists scour our home libraries to create our own short versions of summer must-reads for fellow mother-writers and their children. Here’s a look at…

Rebecca Kaminsky, Reviews Co-Editor and Columnist, reports, “My current reading list includes the memoir Teta, Mother And Me: Three Generations of Arab Women by Jean Said Makdisi.” Helaine Olen, Profiles…

This month, Kathy Moran writes . . . In This Is Where You Write, Jennifer Ruden reminisces about a favorite writing desk that she now regrets giving away: “I had…

In “This Is Where You Write,” Jennifer Ruden writes about her relationship with her desk, “a Mack truck of a desk with a marble slab on the top, filing cabinets,…

This month, Literary Mama’s editors and columnists have searched our bookshelves and memory banks to tell you what books about fathering and fathers have made a lasting impression on us.…