Kudos!
Congratulations to these Literary Mama Staff members!
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Literary Reflection Editor Kimberly Lee’s creative nonfiction appeared in the anthologies I Am Woman: Expressions of Black Womanhood in America and Rearing in the Rearview by Quillkeepers Press. Other writing was published in Fresh Ink, Mom Egg Review, and on the blogs of Amherst Writers & Artists and the Transformative Language Arts Network. Kimberly’s review of Motherhood: Facing & Finding Yourself appeared in the Nov/Dec issue of Literary Mama, and her profile of Shirley Jackson appeared in the Jan/Feb issue.
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Editorial Assistant Kristen Mulrooney has published humor writing in The Belladonna, The New Yorker, and McSweeney’s. She was named a winner of the 2022 Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop Humorist-in-Residence program. Later this year her work will appear in the anthology Embrace the Merciless Joy: A McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Guide to Rearing Small, Medium, and Large Children. She co-authored Gilmore Girls: The Official Cookbook, which is available for pre-order.
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Senior Editor and Poetry Editor Libby Maxey has recently published work in Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Lily Poetry Review, Silkworm, and Slant. Her profile of Adin Thayer appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Literary Mama. She was also named a winner of the 2021 Princemere Poetry Prize.
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Fiction Editor Felicity Landa has been selected as a mentee for Latinx in Publishing‘s 2022 mentor program for work on her novel. Her original pilot script “Jefas” was named as a semifinalist for the Austin Film Festival‘s script competition, for both the Rooster Teeth BIPOC category and Drama Original Teleplay category.
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Senior Editor Christina Consolino’s essay on small versus large presses was published in Brevity Blog, and she’s had two essays featured on Women Writers, Women Books: one on characters coming alive and another on navigating publishing and personal responsibility. Her profile of Erin Flanagan was published in the November/December 2021 issue of Literary Mama, and her debut novel, Rewrite the Stars, was listed as finalist in the Best Book Award by American Book Fest and garnered an honorable mention in the Indie’s Today Book Awards.
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Senior Editor and Literary Reflections Editor Andrea Lani is thrilled that her memoir, Uphill Both Ways: Hiking Toward Happiness on the Colorado Trail (Bison Books), will be released March 1, 2022. In a desperate attempt to escape the humdrum existence of modern parenting and a toxic work environment, Lani quits her job and drags her husband and three kids across the country and on a 500-mile hike through the mountains of Colorado. Putting one foot in front of the other through scorching heat, torrential thunderstorms, and the first nip of winter, Lani makes discoveries about herself, her marriage, her children, and her life. Escape into the Rockies and join Lani on this extraordinary family vacation in the pages of Uphill Both Ways, now available for preorder. See her website for publications updates and in-person and remote book events.
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Publisher Cindy DiTiberio has started a Substack newsletter called The Mother Lode, aiming to help people feel seen while in the trenches of motherhood. She appeared on the LinkedIn Live show Navigating the Work Compass in November to discuss her article published in The Lily, and her essay on pandemic marriage was featured on The Personal Element Podcast. Her first profile for Literary Mama will go live in the next issue.
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Co-Reviews Editor Rudri Bhatt Patel is thrilled her flash piece, “Ganesh and Southern Maid Donuts,” in MoonPark Review earned a 2022 Best Small Fictions nomination. She also wrote “How Co-founding a Literary Journal Made Me a Better Freelance Writer,” for The Freelance Creative, “How Is Ayurveda Connected to Veganism?” for LiveKindly, “8 Tips for Booking Holiday Travel This Year” for Creditcards.com, and “How to Pair Wine with Indian Food and Succeed Every Time” for Wine Enthusiast. She also reviewed Shapeshifting for the January/February 2022 issue of Literary Mama.
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Profiles Editor Susan Bruns Rowe was named a finalist for the 2021 Richard J. Margolis Award given annually to a nonfiction writer of social-justice journalism. Her flash essay “My Father Makes Breakfast, 1971” is forthcoming in the June 2022 issue of Under the Gum Tree.
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