Reading

Thursday, October 7 * 7 pm * The Loft Literary Center Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue S Minneapolis, MN Free and open to the public Each year, Kate Hopper coordinates a Mother Words Reading to showcase excellent literary nonfiction by women writing about motherhood. This year she will be joined by Bonnie J. Rough, author […]

Led by Local Author Elizabeth Fishel Welcome New Members This Fall The Wednesday and Friday morning women’s writers’ workshops I’ve led in my Rockridge living room for many years are testimony to the power of writers’ groups as catalysts, support, sources of ideas, and inspiration for the literary life. Part writing class, part support group, […]

Ann Hood writes about motherhood like nobody else, from the troubled, pregnant teenager of her novel Ruby, to her bestselling memoir of loss and grief, Comfort. In between Hood has written ten other books as well as popular essays for the New York Times’ Modern Love column, Tin House and O: The Oprah Magazine. In […]

DATE: Tuesday, September 14 TIME: 6:30-8:30 (new time!) LOCATION: The Libertine Library at Gild Hall,15 Gold Street, NYC FREE ADMISSION Darin Strauss celebrated author of Chang and Eng and the memoir Half a Life Jennifer Egan Acclaimed Great American Novelist and author of The Keep and A Visit from the Goon Squad With Special Guest […]

Fiction coeditor Kristina Riggle’s second novel, The Life You’ve Imagined, an Indie Notable pick for September, is out today! Booklist writes, “(Riggle) explores what happens when real life diverges sharply from childhood dreams. Her strong and complicated female characters are interesting and likable, and she ably weaves together multiple story lines.” Riggle’s first novel, Real […]

A Novel by Adrienne McDonnell It is 1903. Dr. Ravell is a young, Harvard-educated obstetrician whose reputation for helping couples conceive has made him a rising star. He is flattered when a family of illustrious Boston physicians turns to him to treat one of their own members — a lovely opera singer named Erika von […]

Juggling career, motherhood and family life is clearly a hot button topic for many women today. This anthology is different from other “motherhood” books out there today in a number of ways: 1) As an anthology of personal essays, this book features the voices of real women, not just snippets from interviews or summaries of […]

Motherhood is an ever-present theme in the background of Falling Apart in One Piece: One Optimist’s Journey Through the Hell of Divorce, but the most vibrant thread is personal truth.

From LM’s Essential Reading list for Father’s Day: ANDREA RICHESIN, MIKE ADAMICK, NICK TAYLOR, and ROBERT WILDER present What I Would Tell Her: 28 Devoted Dads on Bringing Up, Holding On To and Letting Go of Their Daughters. Location: Books Inc. in Laurel Village 3515 California Street San Francisco, California 94118

Former LM columnist Sophia Raday will be reading from her memoir, Love in Condition Yellow at: Orinda Books, Orinda, CA Thursday, June 03, 4:00 Village View Court (925) 254-7606 Read Sophia’s column Mommy Athens: Daddy Sparta And LM’s profile: “A Conversation with Sophia Raday” As well as a review of her Memoir: Love in Condition […]

The Hand That First Held Mine, the latest novel by Irish writer Maggie O’Farrell (The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox), is about two women born generations apart. The first, Lexie Sinclair, leaves her conservative family for the life of a bohemian in post-war London after meeting the love of her life over a garden hedge. […]