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In continuation of the Who We Are posting,next up on our list is Suzanne Kamata, Fiction Co-Editor, lives with her Japanese husband and bi-cultural twins on the island of Shikoku in Japan. She is the editor of the anthology The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan, and the author of numerous stories, essays, […]

In late July I watched a C-SPAN re-broadcast of a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing. I was initially struck by the testimony of Lindsay Huckabee of Kiln, Mississippi. She admitted she sometimes wondered if she was overreacting to her five kids’ seemingly endless illnesses. That was something I could relate to. In the past […]

“I’m not writing a history of famous people,” she said. “I am interested in a history of everyday life.” Grace Paley, the celebrated writer and social activist whose short stories explored in precise, pungent and tragicomic style the struggles of ordinary women muddling through everyday lives, died on Wednesday at her home in Thetford Hill, […]

Next up in the Who We Are category is Susan Ito, Fiction Co-Editor who blogs at ReadingWritingLiving. Susan lives in Oakland, CA with her husband, two daughters and mother. She teaches writing privately and at UC Berkeley Extension. She is the co-editor of A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption (North Atlantic […]

Former Literary Mama columnist Gail Konop Baker is contributing to a grog (group blog) for debut authors, The Debutante Ball. Check out Gail’s posts every Monday; her memoir, Cancer Is A Bitch: Reflections on Midlife, Mortality, Motherhood and Marriage, will be published in October by Da Capo Press.

Instructor: Christina Katz Class Maximum: 20 Finally, a writing workshop that fits into the busy lives of moms! The focus is on getting you into print sooner, rather than later, and without pulling all-nighters or paying a fortune in babysitter fees. You will learn how to write short, easy-to-write articles so that you will have […]

Each week, we will introduce you to one of the women behind Literary Mama, including a link to her blog and/or website. Our diverse group of talented, smart and creative women work hard to honor “the difficult and rewarding work women do as they move into motherhood by making these stories visible.” First up: Kathy […]

Adams Media is publishing a new anthology (book) series featuring uplifting true stories about the experiences and relationships that inspire and enrich our lives—namely those with our mothers, our fathers, and our teachers (also mother-figures, father-figures, and mentors). These slice-of-life stories will be written by people from all walks of life and provide unique personal […]

For those of you in the Charleston, SC area, Amy Hudock, Editor-in-Chief of LiteraryMama, will be team teaching a memoir writing course this fall. Lowcountry Writing Project The Citadel Charleston, SC Advanced Institute on Creative Nonfiction: Writing Memoir Co-teachers: Amy Hudock, Ph. D. and Tracey Merton, MA Offering 3 hours of graduate credit Tentative Schedule […]

First Book is giving children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Books stir the senses, inspire the imagination, and spark a love of reading that can last a lifetime. Access to books is essential to reading development, yet many children from low-income families have no books at home […]

If you don’t already know about MomsRising, here is a great opportunity to see what they are all about: School hasn’t started yet, but… it’s already time to start getting our collective ducks in a row about afterschool programs. Did you know that each school day 40,000 kindergartners are home alone after school, and a […]