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Amanda Jaros

Amanda Jaros is a freelance writer and editor living in upstate New York. She is the editor of Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Staff Anthology. She is the author of In My Boots: A Memoir of Five Million Steps Along the Appalachian Trail and 100 Things to Do in Ithaca Before You Die. Amanda served as a blog editor, creative nonfiction editor, senior editor, and editor-in-chief at Literary Mama.

Contributions:

Reviews |

Moving Through Mental Illness and Grief: A Review of Eleanora in Pieces

Notes From Labor of Love: Amanda Jaros

Creative Nonfiction | May/June 2022

Thin Air and Sticks

20 Years of Literary Mama: Introducing the New Anthology

Where Are They Now? An Interview with LM Contributor Windy Lynn Harris

May Editorial Feedback Opportunity

From the Editor

Giving Tuesday 2022

From the Editor | March/April 2022

From the Editor: March/April 2022

From the Editor | November/December 2021

From the Editor: November/December 2021

From the Editor | May/June 2021

From the Editor: May/June 2021

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January Editorial Feedback Opportunity

Profiles | January/February 2021

A Conversation with Camille T. Dungy

From the Editor

Giving Tuesday 2020

Now Reading – October 2020

From the Editor

In Solidarity

From the Editor | March/April 2020

From the Editor: March/April 2020

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Now Reading: January 2020

Profiles

A Conversation with Andrea J. Buchanan

Literary Mama is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit!

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From the Editor

From the Editor: June 2019

Profiles

A Conversation with Sherisa de Groot

Profiles

A Conversation with Deesha Philyaw

From the Editor

From the Editor: March 2019

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From the Editor

From the Editor: October 2018

From the Editor

From the Editor: August 2018

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From the Editor

From the Editor: April 2018

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Profiles

A Conversation with Rebecca Barry

After Page One: The Journey

Literary Mama Rewind: Home

Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak

Literary Mama Rewind: Parties

Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak

Literary Mama Rewind: Lessons

Literary Mama Rewind: College

Literary Mama Rewind: Technology

Writing Prompt: Growing a Tribe

Writing Prompt: Why I Write

Writing Prompt: Stream of Consciousness

Literary Mama Rewind: Friendship

Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak

After Page One: The Journey

Literary Mama Rewind: Dance

Literary Mama Rewind: Our Editors

Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak

Writing Prompt: Books that Shaped Us

Literary Mama Rewind: Mother’s Day

Writing Prompt: What is Time?

Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak

Literary Mama Rewind: Poetry

Literary Mama Rewind: Siblings

Writing Prompt: Free Write

Writing Prompt: Pictures Speak

Literary Mama Rewind: Literacy

Writing Prompt: For Your Journal

Writing Prompt: For Your Journal

Literary Mama Rewind: Birth

Literary Mama Rewind: Mothers and Art

Writing Prompt: For Your Journal

Literary Mama Rewind: Holiday Food

Writing Prompt: For Your Journal

After Page One: The Journey

Literary Mama Rewind: Illnesses

Writing Prompt: For Your Journal

Literary Mama Rewind: Adoption

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

Literary Mama Rewind: Science

Literary Mama Rewind: Money

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

Literary Mama Rewind: Summer

For Your Journal- Writing Prompt

Literary Mama Rewind: Dogs

After Page One: The Journey

Literary Mama Rewind: Earth Day

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

Literary Mama Rewind: Spring Cleaning

Celebrating Ten Years of Literary Mama: Amanda Jaros

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

Literary Mama Rewind: Sports

Literary Birthdays: Jane Yolen

Literary Mama Rewind: Romance and Dating

Literary Birthdays: Rosemary Wells

Literary Mama Rewind: Winter

Literary Mama Rewind: Endings and Beginnings

Literary Mama Rewind: Music

Literary Birthdays: Louisa May Alcott

Literary Mama Rewind: Birthdays!

Literary Birthdays: Katherine Paterson

Literary Birthdays: Eleanor Roosevelt

Literary Mama Rewind: Stepparenting

Literary Mama Rewind: School

Literary Birthdays: Mary Shelley

Literary Mama Rewind: Escapes

Literary Mama Rewind: Mental Illness

Literary Birthdays: Jean Craighead George

For Your Journal- Writing Prompt

For Your Journal- Writing Prompt

Literary Birthdays: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Your Journal- Writing Prompt

Literary Mama Rewind: Food and Family

Creative Writing Workshop for Kids with Dianna Hutts Aston

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

Literary Birthdays: Margaret Wise Brown

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

For Your Journal: Writing Prompt

Two Literary Conferences

Literary Mama Rewind: Finding One’s Voice

Literary Birthdays: Beverly Cleary

Literary Mama Rewind: Language

Highlights Foundation Workshops

Literary Mama Rewind: Grandparents

Reading News: Mem Fox’s Birthday

Literary Mama Rewind: Parenting Teens

Reading News: March Reading Events

Reading News: Erma Bombeck’s Birthday

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