Profiles

Susan Ito: When did you start writing poetry? Rachel Tzvia Back: From a very young age, and I’ve only ever written poetry. I’m also an academic; I teach English literature…

Helaine Olen: Do you think women are encouraged to lose their voices or gain them as they get older? Jill Soloway: Women generally lose their voices when they turn 12.…

Winik and Lutz’s Top Ten Myths and Truths of the Writer’s Life 1. You need a lot of time to write. 2. Writing is a great profession to fit in…

Andi Buchanan: What inspired you to write Waiting for Birdy? Was there a lightbulb moment where you thought, “gosh, this would make a great book!” or did it happen more…

Stacey Greenberg: Why did you decide to move to England after spending most of your life in the Pacific Northwest? Bee Lavender: By the time I was thirty-three years old…

Deesha Philyaw: The decision to birth your first two children at home and your related interest in midwifery led to your first book, In Labor, and work on that book…

Andi Buchanan: Eight years ago you were a homeless, single mom of three kids, working as a waitress, and living out of your car. Now you’re a happily married mother…

Stacey Greenberg: Tell me a little bit about your friendship. Did motherhood bring you two together or were you already friends? I picture the two of you having great intellectual…

Rebecca Kaminsky: What was the evolution of the book — how did it begin and was the journey of writing it one you expected? Marrit Ingman: The book started out…

Andi Buchanan: I know that this book started out as more of a memoir exploring your personal struggles to reconcile parenting and fairly compensated, meaningful work; this genre — especially…

Andi Buchanan: Memoir writing involves sometimes brutal honesty and a level of intimacy with readers can be intense. Writing about mothering can be a loaded act, especially given how harshly…