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Libby Maxey

Senior Editor and Poetry Editor (she/her)

Libby Maxey has been a member of the Literary Mama staff since 2012. She lives in rural Massachusetts with her husband and two rapidly maturing sons. With her academic career as a medievalist having died a stunningly swift death by childbirth, she now administers the Department of Classics at Amherst College, writes poetry, reads when able, and sings as much Handel as possible. Her work has appeared in The Mom Egg Review, Emrys, The Maynard, Mezzo Cammin, and elsewhere. She is a winner of the 2021 Princemere Poetry Prize, and her poetry chapbook, Kairos (2019), won the Finishing Line Press New Women’s Voices contest.

Contributions:

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Reader Response

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Reader Response

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Reader Response

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt: Literary Reflections

From the Editor

From the Editor: January/February 2020

Reviews

A Review of Hail and Farewell

Profiles

A Conversation with Rebecca Hart Olander

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Reader Response

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt Reader Response

Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt: Literary Reflections

From the Editor

From the Editor: May 2019

From the Editor

From the Editor: February 2019

From the Editor

From the Editor: November 2018

From the Editor

From the Editor: May 2018

Profiles

A Conversation with Kim Zarins

From the Editor

From the Editor: January 2018

From the Editor

From the Editor, June 2017

From the Editor

From the Editor, February 2017

Profiles

A Conversation with Catherine Newman

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: National Poetry Month

Now Reading

Now Reading: March 2016

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Real Women, Real Stories

Now Reading

Now Reading: February 2016

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Diverse Voices

Now Reading

Now Reading: January 2016

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: New Beginnings

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Seasons

Now Reading

Now Reading: January 2015

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Wishing

Now Reading

Now Reading: December 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Traditions

Now Reading

Now Reading: November 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Thankfulness

Now Reading

Now Reading: October 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Desiring Motherhood

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Beauty

Literary Reflections, Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt: Writing Together by Stacey Loscalzo

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: July 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Discovery

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: June 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Father’s Day

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: May 2014

Now Reading: May 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Mother’s Day

Literary Reflections, Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt: The Mother As She Writes by Andrea Lani

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: April 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Sacrifice

Literary Reflections, Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt: For the Love of Lemony Snicket by Patricia Zaballos

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: March 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Distance

Literary Reflections, Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt: Truth Be Told by Barbara Straus Lodge

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: February 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Opportunity

Celebrating Ten years of Literary Mama: Libby Maxey

Reviews

Poetic and Profane: A Review of My Mother Did Not Tell Stories

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: January 2014

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Memory

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: December 2013

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Mothers and Art

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: November 2013

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Social Life

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: October 2013

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Desiring Motherhood

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: September 2013

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Teaching and Learning

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: August 2013

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Work

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: July 2013

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Journeys

Literary Reflections, Now Reading

Now Reading: June 2013

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Father’s Day

Now Reading

Now Reading: May 2013

Essential Reading

Essential Reading: Mother’s Day

Now Reading

Now Reading: April 2013

Essential Reading

Essential Reading: New Ways of Speaking

Now Reading

Now Reading: March 2013

Essential Reading

Essential Reading: Generations

Now Reading

Now Reading: February 2013

Essential Reading

Essential Reading: Books to Read Again (and Again)

Now Reading

Now Reading: January 2013

Essential Reading

Essential Reading: Beginnings

Now Reading

Now Reading: December 2012

Essential Reading, Literary Reflections

Essential Reading: Grandmotherhood

Now Reading

Now Reading: November 2012

Essential Reading

Essential Reading: Alternative Motherhood

Now Reading

Now Reading: October 2012

Poetry

Waiting, at 30 weeks

From the Editor | September/ October 2020

From the Editor: September/October 2020

From the Editor | March/April 2021

From the Editor: March/April 2021

Profiles | September/October 2021

A Conversation with Adin Thayer

From the Editor | September/October 2021

From the Editor: September/October 2021

Where Are They Now? An Interview with LM Contributor Susannah Q. Pratt

From the Editor | July/August 2022

From the Editor: July/August 2022

Reviews | September/October 2022

Many Lives, Many Seasons: A Review of Winter at a Summer House

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