Reading

I’m sure many of you have read Lynn Harris’ Salon article “Everybody Hates Mommy,” in which Harris tries to unpack why there is so much anger and downright hatred directed towards mothers, particularly white, middle-class mothers (and particularly those that live in Park Slope). Whoa, people. The comments that this article elicited are incredible—so many […]

by Jessica Berger Gross Reviewed by Merle J. Huerta At twenty-five, Jessica Berger Gross, overweight, depressed from a recent breakup, and craving self esteem, was coping the only way she knew how – through comfort foods, cigarettes, and alcohol. Raised in an abusive, emotionally dysfunctional family, Jessica fed her unhappiness with bagels and cream cheese, […]

By Heather Cori It’s summertime and three of the four women in our Compass Group sit outside at our favorite wine bar with a copy of Bad Mother by Ayelet Waldman tucked under our arms. Lu is still wearing her veterinarian assistant’s smock and Beth has just finished 11-hour work day as a coach for […]

Literary Mama editor and former Special Needs Mama columnist will be reading from her new memoir,This Lovely Life, in the Bay Area next week! Book Passage Thursday, August 06, 7:00 PM 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA, 94925 for more information, visit http://www.bookpassage.com/content.php?id=16

San Francisco author S. Terrell French reads from her debut children’s novel, OPERATION REDWOOD, at Books, Inc. (Laurel Village), 3515 California St., San Francisco, Thursday, May 21st at 7 pm. Kirkus Reviews calls OPERATION REDWOOD a “satisfying eco-adventure” starring a group of young people “gratifyingly diverse in age as well as experience and ethnic background. […]

This year, we’ve seen an outpouring of terrific books about mothering, but two of our most recent favorites are Because I Love Her: 34 Women Writers Reflect on the Mother-Daughter Bond and Who Do You Think You Are?, a memoir by Alyse Meyers. Both books take on the complex and rich mother daughter relationship, in […]

Feminist Review is giving FIVE people a chance to win a set of FIVE books by entering our Asian Heritage Month giveaway contest. The books are: 1. Free Food for Millionaires By Min Jin Lee 2. Trail of Crumbs By Kim Sunée 3. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles By Jennifer Lee 4. Transparency By Frances Hwang […]

In honor of National Poetry Month, our poetry reviewer Ginny Kaczmarek offers this great round up of recent poetry collections. Ginny writes: I’m a fan of Beth Ann Fennelly–I reviewed Tender Hooks a while back for Literary Mama–and I love her new book, Unmentionables. Tender Hooks dealt primarily with the birth of a child and […]

LM’s editor-in-chief Caroline Grant will be reading from Mama, PhD and discussing issues raised by the book at two events next week: At the University of Richmond, she’ll be joined by Jennifer Cognard- Black, Della Fenster, and Children’s Lit Book Group columnist Libby Gruner. Reception to follow! Wednesday, April 8, 2009 4:00pm – 5:30pm University […]

Check out Sybil Lockhart (Literary Mama Reviews Editor and Mama in the Middle columnist) book, Mother In The Middle: A Biologist’s Story of Caring for Parent and Child, on Barnes and Noble’s Rave Reviews From Our Readers. Sybil Lockhart, a Berkeley neurobiologist, became a “mother in the middle” when she was pregnant with her second […]

Read A Cup of Comfort for New Mothers with essays by some of LM’s own moms-Caroline Grant (Editor-in-Chief), Amy Hudock (Founding Co-Editor)and Kristina Riggle (Fiction Co-Editor). There’s a new baby in the house—and it’s not the only one crying. New moms cry happy tears, tired tears, and overwhelmed tears—and that’s when the wisdom, sensitivity, and […]