Events

The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) and the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center are pleased to host a Day Symposium @ Brandeis University, Boston, MASS February 27, 2009 The Maternal Wall in Academe: Academic Mothers and Strategies of Resistance and Empowerment Many women today, particularly those that are college educated,middle-class and professional, may not […]

Please join us… A New Cadence Poetry Series Presents: Sandra Lim, Elline Lipkin & Lauren Eggert-Crowe reading from their works Sunday, September 28th Felix Kulpa Gallery 107 Elm Street(behind Streetlight Records) Santa Cruz, CA 95060 : 7:00pm Admission is free Sandra Lim was born in Seoul, Korea and grew up in the San Francisco Bay […]

Join past and present Literary Mama editors and columnists at San Francisco’s fabulous Lit Crawl. Caroline Grant (Mama at the Movies), Rebecca Kaminsky (Down Will Come Baby), Ericka Lutz (Red Diaper Dharma), and Sophia Raday (Mommy Athens, Daddy Sparta) will be reading at The Beauty Bar, 2299 Mission Street. http://www.litquake.org/the-festival/lit-crawl-2008/

Mark your calendars for these upcoming events featuring Literary Mama editors and columnists: Book Passage (San Francisco); Thursday, August 7th 6:00 pm San Francisco Ferry Building Senior Editor Shari MacDonald Strong (The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood & Social Change) and other contributors read from the new anthology. Book Passage […]

Just a quick reminder about two events this week: readings in Portland, OR, and Pasadena, CA, for The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change, edited by LM senior editor Shari MacDonald Strong, and including pieces by LM editors and columnists Violeta Garcia-Marquez, Ona Gritz, Susan Ito, Helaine Olen, […]

Come hear Literary Mama senior editor Shari MacDonald Strong and fellow contributors read from the new anthology The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers a the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change. So far, readings are scheduled at the following locations. Mark your calendar. Come out and join us. We’d love to see you! May 29, […]

Writing Motherhood, at once creative writing manual and mothering memoir, inspires women to mine their everyday lives for stories to preserve and pass on. Treat yourself to a Mother’s Day gift and join author Lisa Garrigues for an experience that will energize your spirit and ignite your pen. For mothers of all ages and writers […]

For immediate release Contact: Caroline Grant cmgrant@speakeasy.org Spend Mother’s Day Month with Literary Mama! Writer’s Digest pick: One of 101 Best Web Sites for Writers Forbes pick: Best of the Web 2006 Literary Mama celebrates Mother’s Day all month long with fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, essays, author profiles, and book reviews. This month, we’re also […]

LM Fiction editor Suzanne Kamata and Special Needs Mama columnist Vicki Forman will appear on the KPFK Radio show Bibliocracy on Monday, April 28 to discuss Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs. This breakthrough anthology features poetry, short fiction and essays by established and emerging writers. To listen […]

Ericka Lutz: Primer for City Parents: Out and About with Kids: From Getting Across Town to Traveling Around Tuesday, May 6, 10:30-12 DETAILS: Presentation by author Ericka Lutz, with testimonials from seasoned parent travelers! Ericka is the author of On the Go with Baby: A Stress-Free Guide for Getting across Town or Around the World. […]

C. Delia Scarpitti, LM Columns Editor, will read from her work, Migration Summer and talk about the writing process at 2 p.m.,June 1 at the Newark Arts Alliance, 276 E. Main Street, Suite 102, Newark. “I believe that my background as a poet has only enriched my fiction process. Unlike the contract between a writer […]