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May/June 2025

Literary Mama shows me my Frankenstein again and again—not cruelly or even intentionally, but by allowing me access to the kaleidoscopic moments of so many other mothers.

Letter From the Editor

Creative Nonfiction

  • Coming Up For Air

    By Aleta Davis

  • The Idea of Dinner

    By Gabrielle Lind

  • Placenta Tree

    By Sarah Landrum

Fiction

  • Better Off

    By Claire Fantus

  • Breath

    By Jessica Claire Haney

Poetry

  • The Uncomfortable Truth

    By Anya Horman

  • Features of a Map

    By Kristy Webster

  • My Daughter’s Dream at Twenty-one

    By Anna Villegas

  • My Children Should Know

    By Danielle Riccardi

  • Pilgrims

    By Parul Desai Shah

  • Ice Cream or Funeral

    By Claudia Angelillo

  • No Exit

    By Pam Davenport

  • Chapel of Bones

    By Caedra Scott-Flaherty

  • Instruction

    By Caroline Picker

Profiles

  • A Little Bit of Magic: A Conversation with Cameron Walker

    By Heidi Reimer

  • The Questions We Are Living: A Conversation with Megan Merchant

    By Rebecca Brock

  • Wine Witch: A Conversation with Natalie MacLean

    By Rhonda Havig

Reviews

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

    By Amanda Jaros

  • A Quilt of Loss and Mothering: A Review of Certain Shelter

    By Lori Rottenberg

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