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Jessica Berger Gross (former Mama’s Boy columnist) has a new twice-weekly blogging gig over at Yoga Journal. Be sure to check out her most recent post, We Flunked Mommy-Baby Yoga.

Poet and author Sage Cohen is seeking submissions for a new poem-a-day iPhone application. Offering 365 poems that explore “The Life Poetic,” this virtual anthology will let viewers easily read poems on their iPhone and then share them by text or email. Poets interested in appearing in this anthology are invited to submit up to […]

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!

In April, we asked the question: “Before children, what fantasies did you construct about childbirth and parenting? How did you come to terms with the disparity between your dreams and reality?” This month, we have two exquisite submissions. Look for the second essay next week. Ellen Painter Dollar wrote: Even before my husband and I […]

The Threadbare Heart, by Jennie Nash, is a story about a mother and a daughter torn apart by grief, jealousy and misunderstanding — and the family heirloom that finally brings them together. To celebrate its publication, and in honor of Mother’s Day, Literary Mama and Jennie are running a “Favorite Fictional Mother & Daughter” contest. […]

LiteraryMama contributor Amy Watkins is launching a free, weekly poetry podcast and wants submissions of smart, accessible poems that sound great out loud. To submit, email three poems along with a “this is what I was thinking” type artist’s statement to submissions@redlionsq.com. Find out more and sign up for the podcast at http://www.redlionsq.com or search […]

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 […]

Come out and join Literary Mama’s editor-in-chief, Caroline Grant, together with contributors Lisa Harper and Nicki Richesin reading some of our favorite springtime picture books! We’ll be at Books, Inc. in San Francisco’s Laurel Village on Thursday, May 6th, at 6 PM. The bookstore supplies the popcorn, we supply the stories, you supply the kids. […]

Join us for our first ever Non-Fiction Night at a special date and time! DATE: Thursday, May 13 TIME: 6:30-8:30 LOCATION: The Libertine Library at Gild Hall,15 Gold Street, NYC FREE ADMISSION With Special Guests Kristen Schultz Dollard author of The Yoga Body Diet Laura Vanderkam author of 168 HOURS Mary Ann Zoellner & Alicia […]

An unplanned pregnancy for an unprepared girl sets off Sunshine, a stirring self-portrait of a woman driven to search for answers through reconnection with her biological mother. Filmmaker Karen Skloss explores the meaning of family through a personal journey to understand both the legacy of her birth and the non-traditional family she created by co-parenting with her ex-boyfriend.

Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother (Harper) is now available in paperback. Literary Mama reviewer Marilyn Chandler McEntyre covered the book last October, offering that the collection helps illustrate “the kinds of adaptation incumbent on grandmothers now.” From the publisher: “This collection of original essays […]