Kudos

Congratulations to our Literary Mama staff members!

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Profiles Editor Brianna Avennia-Tapper spoke with poet Maggie Smith about choices—both on the page and in your home—for The Chicago Review of Books, and with climber/conservationist/writer/mother Majka Burhardt about flexibility in motherhood and on the mountain. Brianna also reviewed the singular novel/memoir Typical of the Times/What was the Question Again? by Jamie Clarke for Riverteeth Blog. 

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Libby Maxey, Senior Editor and Poetry Editor, recently published her own poems in the winter issue of Plainsongs, the February issue of inScribe Journal, and also the spring issue Crannóg Magazine. 

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Senior Editor Rudri Bhatt Patel wrote the feature print story “Tripping Toward Wellness” for Black Mental Health Today. She also wrote Retirement Planning for Single Seniors for Seniority Magazine, as well as the piece, “How Google Analytics Can Supercharge Your Freelancing,” for The Freelance Creative. 

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Senior Editor Sari Fordham’s essay about motherhood, You Know How This Goes, was published by The Linden Review. Her Tiny Love Story The Pastor and the Librarian appeared in The New York Times. She continues to publish her free monthly newsletter Cool It: Simple Steps to Save the Planet, designed for busy people who care about the environment. 

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Holly Rizzuto Palker, Profiles Editor, will moderate a panel with powerhouse editors and writers Conz Preti, Ann Gault, Julie Pfitzinger, Sa’iyda Shabazz, Tess Clarkson, and Jaclyn Lisa at the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ ASJA virtual conference. They will discuss ”New Markets: Trends in Family Writing” on Thursday, June 15, at 12:15.