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February is, by far, my favorite month of the year. Despite the cold weather and dark days, it is filled with light and love, as seen in the month-long celebration of African-American history and Valentine’s Day. As a mother, a reader, and a writer, acknowledging the power of love and liberation in all forms is […]

The hiatus of Literary Mama gave staff time to pause, and from that pause came some realizations as Editor-in-Chief Amanda Fields noted in the Jan/Feb 2025 issue. What community looks like has changed since 2020, and it continues to change, but that doesn’t mean that community isn’t needed. In fact, it seems that people have […]

As mothers who embrace the power of reading and writing about motherhood, we all know it is a journey filled with pride, pain, discovery, and a constant need to decompress.  That’s why the Literary Reflections team is excited to hear from you. The department is currently accepting essays exploring the varied experiences of mothers who […]

If you need time away from family celebrations and holiday shopping this month, here are some excuses you can use for your solitary writing spells. Boulevard’s 2024 short fiction contest is for writers who have not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press. Deadline is Dec 31, […]

Writing and motherhood have commonalities. Both involve a birthing—of ideas or babies. At times, both demand more from us than what we feel we have the supply to give; we spend long nights, early mornings, and weary afternoons managing them. They require us to adapt and grow in every way imaginable. We revise our previous […]

This is the final installment in the series where we asked the contributors to Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology to share thoughts about their writing process, their inspiration, or their work in the book.

We asked the contributors to Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology, to share thoughts about their writing process, their inspiration, or their work in the book. We’ll share those musings here on the Literary Mama blog.

We asked the contributors to Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology, to share thoughts about their writing process, their inspiration, or their work in the book. We’ll share those musings here on the Literary Mama blog.

We asked the contributors to Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology, to share thoughts about their writing process, their inspiration, or their work in the book. We’ll share those musings here on the Literary Mama blog.

We asked the contributors to Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology, to share thoughts about their writing process, their inspiration, or their work in the book. We’ll share those musings here on the Literary Mama blog.

We asked the contributors to Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology, to share thoughts about their writing process, their inspiration, or their work in the book. We’ll share those musings here on the Literary Mama blog.