As a literary mama to three children over age 16, the groundwork was laid long, long ago. I was much like a museum curator, guiding my charges to what I thought was important but giving them freedom to discover jump off spots where they could explore their own interests. During those early years, board books […]
If you’re a literary mama, you’ve likely been reading to your child since birth. But as our children grow, those reading relationships change. The Literary Mama blog team will be periodically presenting some short essays about what those stages of reading look like with some help from guest mama writer, Cassie Mannes Murray. Her first […]
When I’m not writing or teaching, I am often preparing to co-host The Perks of Being a Book Lover—a reading podcast I do with a longtime friend. In the past, we’ve talked about book bans with guests. A guest from our most recent season, Rebecca Leber-Gottberg, talked to us about a program coordinated by Rediscovered […]
Literary Mama is excited to share the Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco (WNBA-SF) Chapter’s Twentieth Anniversary Pitch-O-Rama! It will take place via Zoom on Saturday April 29, 8 am – 1 pm. At Pitch-o-Rama, up to 100 writers get to pitch to agents, book professionals and publishers. Ever since 2020, Pitch-o-Rama has been held online […]