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Shari MacDonald Strong

Shari MacDonald Strong is the editor of The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change and wrote the column Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance. Her essay, “On Wanting a Girl,” appears in the anthology, It’s a Girl, and she has been published in a number of publications, including Geez magazine. Shari worked as an editor and copywriter in the publishing industry for 15 years. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, photojournalist Craig Strong, and their children: grade-schooler Eugenia, born in Russia, and preschool sons Will and Mac, born via gestational surrogacy.

Contributions:

Book Note: Raising Abel

Mother Words Online

Austin Mamas, Celebrate Obama’s Inauguration at BookWoman This Saturday, 1/17

CO residents: meet LM senior editor Shari MacDonald Strong at the Boulder Bookstore: Weds., December 3, 7:30 p.m.

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

An Open Letter to My Pro-Life Christian Friends on the Eve of the Election

Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumbgardner Reading at Powell’s Books in Portland

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

The VP Candidate From Nowhere

Literary Mama Ericka Lutz’s Scavenger Hunt

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Moving Day

Readings in Portland and Pasadena

Bookstore Readings for The Maternal Is Political

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Voice Lessons

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Sky of Blue and Sea of Green

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Objects of Desire

The Mother of all Zines is Back!

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

The Soul of the Soul

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

The Dark Side

Miranda Issue #17

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Mamacosita-sweeta

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Peace. Now.

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Dark Night of the Summer

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Searching for Words

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Thoughts on Turning 40

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

A Lesson from Tinky and Jerry

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Of Loss and Love

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

A Home So Far Away

Call for Submissions: The Maternal Is Political

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Thoughts on a Daughter Who Doesn’t Always Obey

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

My Child, the Bible Thumper

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Happy Imperfect New Year

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

No Guts, No Glory

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

I Don’t Like to Watch

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Dr. Dobson Doesn’t Speak For Me

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Love-40

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Mothers Revolution

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Life in the Gray Area

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Dalai Mama

Creative Nonfiction

The Great, Death-Defying Father

Mama Sez

Pat Is a Name, Not an Ending

Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance

Faith of a Child

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