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Now Reading—December 2021

Do you know when I tend to get the most reading done? When I am completely overwhelmed by everything else in my life. The holiday season is a time that, while frequently joyful and memorable, is also inevitably full of frenetic activity, deadlines, obligations, and expectations piled higher than the Whos’ presents on the Grinch’s […]

Noelle Allison |  December 27, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

100 Words of Writing Advice from Amanda Fields, Senior Editor

“I’m the worst with writing advice. A masochist, at best. Hard on myself. Critical. But I do, maybe, have some advice: be slow and deliberate. Let ideas stew. Nobody’s waiting! You’re waiting for yourself to connect disparate threads. The result might be gorgeously horrific or inspiring, whatever your purpose. Give yourself that time to think, […]

Blog Editor |  December 20, 2021 | | Blog |  One Comments

Now Reading—July 2021

Last weekend, I somehow found myself with a new book in one hand, a cup of coffee in the other, and a tantalizingly unscheduled afternoon. I’d had half-hearted intentions of catching up on all the details of family life that get sidelined during the workweek, but in that moment the yellow brick road of my […]

Noelle Allison |  July 30, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

Now Reading—June 2021

At my house, the beginning of summer is always a bit of a whirlwind. Planning family vacations, scheduling swimming lessons, organizing play-dates, negotiating conflict between siblings who suddenly have to be around each other all the time—I relish the chaos even as it threatens to overwhelm me. My anchor amidst the upheaval of summer, in […]

Noelle Allison |  June 18, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

Now Reading — May 2021

“Reading! Now!” I find myself barking, again, at my pandemic-weary 16 year old, waking them up from yet another nap. “Book!” reminding them about their assigned Accelerated Reader book, the due-in-three-days book, the didn’t-you-miss-the-last-deadline book. “Now!” I nag, “Reading!” as I find them once again distracted by a screen, seeking solace in digital art projects […]

Noelle Allison |  May 26, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

Now Reading — April 2021

In “Song of a Second April,” poet Edna St. Vincent Millay writes: After the difficult year 2020 wrought, we find ourselves enduring a second April in the throes of the pandemic. Yet hope is on the horizon. Cases of the virus are beginning to decline in many areas, and vaccinations are starting to turn the […]

Kimberly Lee |  April 30, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

Now Reading — March 2021

When my daughter was in the fifth grade, she’d often exit the car at school drop-off with a book snuggled securely under her arm. At some point during my drive home, I would realize she’d forgotten her lunch. I’d finagle a U-turn and brave LA morning traffic—again—to leave the meal with the school secretary. Although […]

Kimberly Lee |  March 26, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

Now Reading — February 2021

I’ve always felt that reading is balsam für die Seele, meaning “balm for the soul,” a phrase I learned from a friend who’s wondrously fluent in German. Immersion in the universe of a book is a form of escapism from real world concerns, causing the heart rate to slow, the breath to deepen. It’s easy […]

Kimberly Lee |  February 12, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

Now Reading — January 2021

Each page of my crisp, new reading log contains space for thoughts about the books I plan to read this year, along with room to jot down noteworthy quotes and award ratings for plot, characters, and overall enjoyability. Strangely, this will be my first time keeping such a journal. As a devoted, enthusiastic reader, one […]

Kimberly Lee |  January 15, 2021 | | Blog |  No comments

Now Reading — December 2020

As a child, if I was disappointed about something, my mom would encourage me to look at the bright side. She would then proceed to take me on a cheery, verbal trip to said bright side, explaining and enumerating its advantages. With all the suffering that exists, excavating the advantages of this time can be […]

Kimberly Lee |  December 18, 2020 | | Blog |  No comments

Now Reading: March 2020

I’m interested to know what kinds of books you’re reading right now. When I asked Literary Mama staff for some recommendations, there seemed to be two camps: those who are feeding the flames of curiosity about the current situation and how to keep it in perspective and those who prefer to escape the foreboding atmosphere and […]

Nerys Copelovitz |  March 27, 2020 | | Blog |  No comments

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