Literary Mama

Women Writing on Today’s American Family Submissions are being sought for an anthology about writing and publishing by women with family publication experience. Possible subjects: markets; using life experience; networking; unique issues women must overcome; formal education; queries and proposals; conference participation; self-publishing; teaching tips. Family in creative nonfiction, poetry, short stories, novels. Practical, concise, […]

Mark your calendars for “Who Does She Think She Is?” at the Nickelodeon Theatre on Tuesday, May 11th at 6PM. This is a wonderful documentary about women artists who juggle motherhood, love, work, and creativity, and is sponsored by creative women in art & business in Columbia, including the USC Women’s and Gender Studies Program, […]

*** Ona Gritz, LM Columnist and poet, will be reading with Dan Simpson at the Cornelia Street Cafe on Friday, April 2nd. They will be alternating poems to create a conversation. The event begins with an open reading at 6pm. Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street in Greenwich Village — just west of […]

Jessica Berger Gross, who wrote LM’s Passport to Parenting and Mama’s Boy columns from 2005 to 2009, was the subject of Rebecca Walker’s March 15th blog post at The Huffington Post. In celebration of the paperback release of “One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Polyamory, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and […]

Literary Mama is seeking a reviews editor! You will join our two current editors in obtaining review copies and soliciting reviews, and then work closely with writers to hone their reviews. Please send a letter detailing your interest and past editing experience to LMinfo AT literarymama DOT com. Please note that we can’t offer any […]

3 March 2010 6 – 7 PM Join Caroline Grant, Lisa Harper, and Nicki Richesin in a bedtime story reading for kids of all ages. We’ll be reading some new titles, including Cynthia Rylant’s All in a Day; Peter Brown’s The Curious Garden; and Liz Garton Scanlon’s All the World, plus some old favorites! Bring […]

Literary Mama’s Profiles Department needs an editorial assistant. The editorial assistant proof-reads and copy-edits approximately 1 profile per month, which is usually published the fourth Sunday of each month. Copy-editing duties include: copy-editing prose for punctuation and usage errors, verifying that external links work, creating additional links as requested by the editors, and communicating with […]

The Literary Reflections Department needs an editorial assistant to compile our two monthly reading lists: the Essential Reading List features our favorite books in a particular category (travel, writing, read aloud, etc); the Now Reading List features titles that Literary Mamas are currently reading. The editorial assistant gets to correspond frequently with all the LM […]

Show your love for Literary Mama by swigging from a Literary Mama Sigg, donning an LM t-shirt or trucker hat, using LM notecards for your correspondence, and toting everything from sippy cups to manuscripts in your LM tote. We’re open for business over at Cafe Press; we’ll send all proceeds from the sale of LM […]

Editor-in-chief Caroline Grant will be on ABC-7’s View from the Bay, Wednesday January 6th, sharing our editors’ and columnists’ picks for favorite children’s books. Check out the list and take it to your favorite local bookstore or library so that you can share these books with the kids you love.

We’ve been busy during these holidays, updating our software and redesigning the look of the site, which was long past due for a refresher. Literary Mama was founded over five years ago by a small group of writers who first met as part of a Berkeley, California writing group led by Amy Hudock. Amy and […]