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Masha Hamilton has been named this year’s recipient of the Women’s National Book Association WNBA Award, which is presented to “a living American woman who derives part or all of her income from books and allied arts, and who has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her […]

Ever have a day when your writing life and your raising-young-children life don’t get along? You write furiously during the kids’ naps times but the manuscript doesn’t feel right … You wonder if you’ll ever finish … Check out LM Fiction Co-Editor Kristina Riggle’s newest blog post at the Red Room. Her first novel is […]

Kate Haas, LM’s Creative Nonfiction Co-Editor writes: “For a few days last fall, I thought my life was about to head down the trajectory of one of those tragic cancer books I’ve always found so compelling. Or perhaps I was just freaking out. It didn’t occur to me that a third, much stranger, possibility existed. […]

What’s a mom to do when her child says, “High school isn’t working for me”? “Trust her,” says LM columnist, Erika Lutz. Read Lutz’s opinion piece here.

Suzanne Kamata, Fiction Co-editor: I’m excited to report that my latest anthology, Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering has just been named a finalist for the 2010 IPPY Awards in the Multicultural Nonfiction category. Editor’s Note: It won the bronze! I also noted that LM fiction contributor Mary Aker‘s collection “Women Up On Blocks” […]

No academic examination of motherhood existed when Dr. Andrea O’Reilly was earning her PhD in English, so she decided to design a course. This effort led to the establishment of the Association for Research on Mothering [now known as Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI)], an academic journal and a publishing house dedicated […]

Check out these new LM bookmarks. Print them out on heavy weight paper, slice them up, and distribute them. And don’t forget about our other LM gear: t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, kids clothing, books, bags and other “fun stuff.” Any of these items would be a great tribute to Mother’s Day!

Kudos to these LM editors on their recent publications: Susan Ito, Creative Nonfiction Editor and Columnist: My piece, “Table for Five” is in the May issue of Woman’s Day. THEY approached ME and asked me to write the piece after reading my column on Literary Mama!! Woo! Suzanne Kamata, Fiction Co-Editor: My essay “Baseball East […]

A benefit screening of “Who Does She Think She Is?” will be held in Peekskill, New York on May 1st. The documentary, by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll, follows the lives of five female artists who refuse to choose between their art and their families. Through the lens of their lives, the film explores […]

*** Ona Gritz, LM Columnist and poet, will be reading with Dan Simpson at the Cornelia Street Cafe on Friday, April 2nd. They will be alternating poems to create a conversation. The event begins with an open reading at 6pm. Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street in Greenwich Village — just west of […]

The Friends of the Association for Research on Mothering has begun a fundraising campaign and is looking for volunteers. (Due to budget constraints, the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) is scheduled to close on May 1, 2010.) Linn Baran, Outreach Coordinator, needs 10 volunteers. Work can be done from the comfort of your own […]