Profiles

Deesha Philyaw: Tell me about the process of bringing the writers and their contributions together for Rise Up Singing. What were your selection criteria? Cecelie S. Berry: I wanted to…

Elizabeth LaBan: When you wrote Good In Bed, you had a full-time job as a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer. You subsequently left that job to concentrate on writing fiction.…

Joanne Catz Hartman: What was your goal in writing the book — did you write for your son, for readers to understand the complexities of mothering? Did it start as…

Sarah Buttenwieser: How did the book come into being? Meredith Michaels: Susan had finished Where The Girls Are. She had a young daughter and we adopted two kids, so we…

Andi Buchanan: Between the publication of your first book, See Jane Date, and your second, The Solomon Sisters Wise Up, you became pregnant and had a baby. Do you feel…

Heidi Raykeill: I loved your new book, Mommy’s Little Girl: On Sex, Motherhood, Porn, and Cherry Pie. It’s about time someone strung those words together! And just in time for…

Andi Buchanan: What inspired you to write this book? Was it sparked by a desire to explain your own trajectory as a mother? Kathryn Black: Like many other writers, I…

Rachel Iverson: You were an editor of the “Mothers Who Think” section of Salon and an anthology of the same title. Will you tell us about that experience? Kate Moses:…

Andi Buchanan: The early buzz about Girls In Trouble is exciting, and so far it seems to have struck a chord with readers and critics alike — which is basically…

Joanne Catz Hartman: Your book is part self-exploration and part social commentary; it is a raw, real look at unhappiness in motherhood, and deeply explores many issues. How do you…

Andi Buchanan: There are already hundreds of books about toddlers on the shelves. What’s different about your book? Jennifer Margulis: Toddler isn’t an advice book; it is a book of…