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Congratulations to Kate Haas, LM co-editor of creative non-fiction and Dawn Friedman, LM columns editor for their essays published in this month’s issue of Brain, Child, the magazine for thinking mothers. Dawn writes about racism and styling her daughter’s hair in “Textured” and Kate writes about being a “bookish” mom raising a natural born athlete […]

We discovered the following contest thanks to Erika Dreifus and her newsletter, The Practicing Writer. *WHY* (Work. Home. You.) Writing Contest PO Box 337 Massapequa Park, NY 11762 (or submit entry and fee electronically via the Web site; electronic entries preferred) http://www.workhomeyou.com/contest Deadline: December 31, 2007 Entry fee: $10 Judge: *WHY* editor Dina Santorelli NEW […]

Are you sick and tired of packing your kids’ lunch box everyday because the cafeteria food is unfit for human consumption? Do you feel guilty when your kids “buy”? Are you annoyed at all the junk being handed out and sold at school? Are you angry enough to do something about it? We are! Two […]

In a twist on the “Who We Are” section, we want to include an anonymous blog we think is important that focuses on the challenges of child sexual abuse. Please take a look at, “Protective Mother”.

The recall of millions of toys made in China because of safety concerns is a scandal so big that the head of one manufacturer hanged himself last month in a warehouse. Now, hoping to restore confidence, the Chinese government is inviting foreign journalists to visit select factories. Of course toy safety is a concern of […]

Literary Mama’s Reviews desk is in the enviable position of receiving far more books than we can ever hope to review. While we are giddy that so many authors are writing books about mothering, and so many mother writers are writing books about, well, everything, we cannot review more than a handful of titles each […]

To continue our Who We Are section, the next on the list is Caroline Grant, Literary Reflections Editor, who writes the column Mama at the Movies for Literary Mama. She is also co-editor, with Elrena Evans, of the anthology Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life (Rutgers University Press, 2008). She holds a […]

LM blog editor Amy Mercer has an essay titled, “What Makes me Whole” in the latest A Cup of Comfort for Writers. Amy’s essay is about the struggle to balance writing and motherhood.

LM copyeditor and contributor Kristina Riggle’s short story “Connection Lost” is featured in the current issue of Cimarron Review. In the story, a father wonders where he went wrong with his younger daughter, and thinks a particular college freshman might hold the answer, if he can only track her down. Look for it in bookstores, […]

Dreaming About Water. Amy Mercer (LM blog editor) and Violeta Garcia-Mendoza (Lm Literary Reflections co-editor) are seeking personal essay submissions from women writers for their upcoming collection. Essays should fall between 1,500 and 3,000 words and explore an aspect of living with diabetes. The collection will cover any and all aspects of living with diabetes: […]

Want to take the big plunge, and write a novel? Novelist and teacher Masha Hamilton is offering two online novel writing classes starting on September 4th, and is seeking both beginning and advanced students. Susan Ito, Literary Mama columnist and fiction editor, highly recommends this fabulous teacher. Click here for details. Novel Writing I is […]