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Linda Hirshman’s argument that mothers betray feminist ideals when they leave the workforce to raise their children is far from true or accurate, but as someone whose life path was a target of her criticism, I was surprised to find how much I agreed with some of her insights. Unfortunately, Hirshman buries the kernels of […]

Literary Mama columnist Deesha Philyaw (The Girl is Mine) has written an article on tackling teasing in the Fall 2006 issue of Wondertime. The article, which features Philyaw’s daughter’s experiences, looks at the psychology of teasing and what parents can do to help. Wondertime is a relatively new parenting magazine that focuses on parenting young […]

After a vacation, the Literary Mama e-zine is back up and running. If you are a subscriber, you already will have received the first of a new bi-weekly newsletter in your email box, bringing you tasty tidbits of Literary Mama’s latest writing, news and more. If you aren’t a subscriber and would like to be, […]

Tomorrow marks the release of Tracy Thompson’s much anticipated book, The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression. In this book, award-winning former Washington Post journalist Tracy Thompson (author of The Beast: A Journey Through Depression) explores the topic of maternal depression. She intertwines her research findings, quotes from her interviews […]

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Literary Reflections contributor Carol Weis has published a picture book, When the Cows Got Loose (Simon & Schuster). Kirkus gave a starred review to the raucous story of one determined girl and twenty-six alphabetically-named cows.

Today’s stop on the Literary Mama Blog Tour is at LM OpEd Editor Dawn Friedman’s blog, This Woman’s Work. On her blog, Dawn writes about mothering, writing, and writing about mothering. In addition to writing about her two lovely children and the attempt to juggle work and family, Dawn writes about infertility, miscarriage and open […]

Literary Mama columnist Carol Zapata-Whelan’s book Finding Magic Mountain: Life with Five Glorious Kids and a Rogue Gene Called FOP was released today. In the book, Carol describes her son’s struggle with the rare genetic disease Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), focusing on the time of diagnosis at age nine to his first year in college […]

Literary Mama Senior Editor Marjorie Osterhout’s article Super Sis, about one sister’s transformation into the world’s coolest aunt, appears in the August issue of Parenting magazine Literary Mama Associate Editor Helaine Olen’s interview with Tracy Thompson, author of Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression is featured on Salon.com. Literary Mama […]

We’re looking for four wonderful women (mothers!) to join us here on the Literary Mama editorial board. Creative Nonfiction Co-Editor The Creative Nonfiction Co-Editor will head up the Creative Nonfiction department with Shari MacDonald, our current CNF Editor. Duties and joys include selecting nonfiction pieces, writing acceptance and rejection letters, working with authors on accepted […]

We are kicking off the inaugural Literary Mama Blog Tour post, a feature whereby we will showcase some of our favorite places to visit online. We’ll be starting things off by introducing you to some of our Editors’ blogs. Today, we head on over to Managing Editor (on hiatus) Andrea Buchanan’s Mother Shock. Andi’s blog […]