Writing

Literary Mama columnist Deesha Philyaw (The Girl is Mine) has written an article on tackling teasing in the Fall 2006 issue of Wondertime. The article, which features Philyaw’s daughter’s experiences, looks at the psychology of teasing and what parents can do to help. Wondertime is a relatively new parenting magazine that focuses on parenting young […]

Today’s stop on the Literary Mama Blog Tour is at LM OpEd Editor Dawn Friedman’s blog, This Woman’s Work. On her blog, Dawn writes about mothering, writing, and writing about mothering. In addition to writing about her two lovely children and the attempt to juggle work and family, Dawn writes about infertility, miscarriage and open […]

Literary Mama Senior Editor Marjorie Osterhout’s article Super Sis, about one sister’s transformation into the world’s coolest aunt, appears in the August issue of Parenting magazine Literary Mama Associate Editor Helaine Olen’s interview with Tracy Thompson, author of Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression is featured on Salon.com. Literary Mama […]

Who knew that dating as a single mom would cause such a stir? On July 3rd – 4th , Literary Mama’s Rachel Sarah was the guest blogger at The Washington Post for Leslie Morgan Steiner’s “On Balance” column. Read it here: “Single Mom Seeks Play Dates, Blind Dates.” But beware! Her short, light-hearted piece on […]

Just wanted to let folks know that today (Tuesday, June 20) LM’s own Rebecca Kaminsky will be a guest blogger, filling in for Leslie Morgan Steiner at her parenting “work-life” blog on The Washington Post’s website. You will find her at: On Balance. And please join in the dialogue by posting a comment! You can […]

When Caitlin Flanagan’s editor approached me about reviewing her book, I asked her if Flanagan would agree to an interview with me. I had already read To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife and was, in fact, penning my review for Literary Mama when she contacted me. And I really wanted […]

Managing Editor Andrea Buchanan was featured in today’s edition of USA Today. In the article, Literary Mothers Gender-flect, Andi discusses her books It’s a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons and It’s a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters and shares her personal experience with raising both a son and a daughter. Andi will be […]

Literary Mama is looking for short (500-900 words), strong, topical, opinionated pieces for the monthly OpEd feature. LM is not a paying market but it is read by some 500,000 parents and writers as well as editors and agents. Click here for submission guidelines. In order to help get those synapses firing, here are the […]

Once again, Literary Mamas have been busy. Literary Mama Columnist and Senior Columns Editor Rachel Sarah’s Flawed and Fabulous Moms is May’s Big Story on BabyCenter.com. In her article, Rachel interviews a number of real-life, imperfect mothers about topics like maternal guilt and the myth of doing it all — a much-needed message at a […]

Once again, the Literary Mama editors have been busy over the last month. While in Virginia for the VA Festival of the Book, Managing Editor Andi Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz and Barbara Ehrenreich spoke on a panel about “Women, Family and Work: A Candid Discussion” at the UVA Bookstore. Andi discusses the panel in more detail […]

It seems like every time I sit down to write, something more immediate calls me away. The toddler refuses to nap. The baby is fussy with an ear infection. The dog needs to be taken to the vet. The nice thing about being involved in a community of mother writers is knowing that so many […]