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Profiles

A Conversation with Cherene Sherrard

“Grimoire hones in on maternal health and labor—the physical and psychic work it takes to bear and rear Black children.”

Profiles | November /December 2020 | By Kimberly Lee


A Conversation with Emily Ruskovich

This is something that has always haunted me: We all have the power, at any moment, to ruin our own lives. To hurt someone we love dearly.

Profiles | September/ October 2020 | By Susan Bruns Rowe


A Conversation with Rachel Epp Buller

In my experience, the maternal-child relationship distills the truth of human relationships in general: they are messy and complicated at the same time as being incredibly rewarding.

Profiles | July/August 2020 | By Christina Consolino


A Conversation with Margaret M. Quinlan

We are passionate about removing the target from female bodies.

Profiles | July/August 2020 | By Melissa Miles McCarter


A Conversation with Karen Raney

I think writers, actors and musicians—all artists in fact—are drawn to elemental themes of life and death, childhood and parenthood, and they find ways to place themselves both inside and…

Profiles | May 2020 | By Susan Bruns Rowe


A Conversation with Lisa Heffernan

“It’s headline grabbing to say that parents are too involved with their children or to mention helicopter parenting over and over—most parents are not. Data shows that kids who remain…

Profiles | May 2020 | By Marianne Lonsdale


A Conversation with Sarah Blake

“The judgment one gets as a mother—I find that much harder to take than the judgment I get as an author. Maybe because I’ve had a longer time as an…

Profiles | March 2020 | By Camille-Yvette Welsch


A Conversation with Brenda Janowitz

“They say that writing is rewriting, and the one thing I’ve learned most after six novels is to trust the editing process. The book changed dramatically from the first draft…

Profiles | March 2020 | By Holly Rizzuto Palker


A Conversation with Sarah Cannon

“It’s a real grown-up move to understand the complexity of making art and raising a family. Writing is hard and lonely and if you take it seriously, you must invest…

Profiles | March 2020 | By Natalie Serianni


A Conversation with Sarah Townsend

“If there were a risk to me, it would be in not telling this story. And what harm we do to each other when we fail to describe the lived…

Profiles | January 2020 | By Angelisa Russo


A Conversation with Nefertiti Austin

“Motherhood So White is the book I wish I’d had at the beginning of my motherhood journey, and it’s the book that so many Black parents need in order to…

Profiles | January 2020 | By Deesha Philyaw


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