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Amy Mercer

On Mothers and Grief

Anonymous Research Project On Mothers and Grief: The goal of this study is to enhance the understanding of bereavement and coping among mothers parenting children five years old and younger. The hope is that by better understanding the grief process during motherhood while parenting young children will eventually increase available resources and support for mothers, […]

Amy Mercer |  May 13, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

call for submissions

The Sandstar Review is an online literary magazine that seeks unpublished poetry and prose for its inaugural issue. Send up to 6 poems or 15 pages of prose; cover letter and bio appreciated. Simultaneous submissions accepted upon notification of publication elsewhere. Send all work in one document (poetry or prose; no combined submissions) to sandstar.review@gmail.com. […]

Amy Mercer |  April 28, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents

2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents POSTMARK DEADLINE is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th 2011 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents In addition to a full year of promotion, a $1000 prize will be presented to the Pen Parentis Writing Fellow at a public reading of the winning work in Manhattan on Tuesday, September […]

Amy Mercer |  April 13, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

Mom’s Night Out!

Join LM editor-in-chief Caroline M. Grant, Samantha Parent Walravens, and Stacey Delo for a Moms’ Night Out this Mother’s Day week (why should it only last one day?). What? A lively conversation about the struggle and juggle of motherhood today. Free and open to the public. Where? Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut Street, San Francisco When? […]

Amy Mercer |  April 6, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

Queering Maternity and Motherhood:

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Queering Maternity and Motherhood: Narrative and Theoretical Perspectives on Queer Conception, Birth and Parenting Editor: Joani Mortenson Publication Date: 2012 Deadline for abstracts: March 31, 2011 This anthology will explore the continuum of queer mothering, through conception to birth to parenting. Understanding […]

Amy Mercer |  March 28, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

International Conference on Mothering, Motherhood and Education

CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Mothering, Motherhood and Education featuring an embedded conference on Motherhood Studies: Developing and Disseminating a New Academic Discipline for a New Century October 20-23, 2011, Toronto, ON, Canada Deadline for abstracts: April 1, 2011! We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, workers, artists, mothers and others who work or […]

Amy Mercer |  March 25, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

Breadwinning Broads

Call for essays: Breadwinning Broads: stories from women who bring home most (or even all) of the bacon The topic of wives out-earning their husbands has received a lot of attention recently. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a third of all wives earn more than their husbands (2003). The Breadwinning Broads project wants […]

Amy Mercer |  March 24, 2011 | | Blog |  One Comments

CALL FOR STORIES, Muslim Women

Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of Muslim Women Announcing a call for non-fiction/memoir/personal stories by American Muslim women on the search for love. These stories will be published in a book, Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women, by Soft Skull Press in February 2012. WHY A BOOK ABOUT THE SEARCH […]

Amy Mercer |  March 23, 2011 | | Blog |  One Comments

Postcard from Japan: Disability and Disaster

Whenever I case a new location, look at friends’ vacation photos, or watch travelogues, I wonder about wheelchair accessibility. I wondered the same thing on Friday afternoon, watching disaster coverage on TV with my eleven-year-old daughter in Japan. Read more of Suzanne Kamata’s story here: Beacon Broadside.

Amy Mercer |  March 17, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

MENNONITE MOTHERING

CALL FOR PAPERS Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on MENNONITE MOTHERING Co-Editors: Rachel Epp Buller and Kerry Fast Publication Date: 2012/2013 Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2011! This collection of scholarly essays will explore the connections between mothering / motherhood and Mennonite religion and culture, broadly defined. There are thriving Mennonite […]

Amy Mercer |  March 11, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

CASTING: LOOKING FOR DEDICATED & ACTIVE PARENTS

Brand new documentary series is currently looking for passionate and dedicated PTA, PTO & Parent Group Members. * Do you believe that parent volunteers have the power to make a positive difference in the life of the children in your community? * Is your PTA or parent group made up of colorful, opinionated characters that […]

Amy Mercer |  March 8, 2011 | | Blog |  No comments

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