Only One Can Cry: Adam Toledo, Subjectivity, and Riding Shotgun
April 23rd, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
From the back seat, my son's toothbrush blinked in red staccato to let him know how long to brush, and I thought of police cars.
About Cheryl Klein
Cheryl Klein
Cheryl Klein’s column, “Hold it Lightly,” appears monthly(ish) in MUTHA. She is the author of Crybaby (out in 2022 from Brown Paper Press), a memoir about wanting a baby and getting cancer instead. She also wrote a story collection, The Commuters (City Works Press) and a novel, Lilac Mines (Manic D Press). Her stories and essays have appeared in Blunderbuss, The Normal School, Razorcake, and several anthologies. Her work has been honored by the MacDowell Colony and the Center for Cultural Innovation. She blogs about the intersection of art, life and carbohydrates at breadandbread.blogspot.com. Follow her on Twitter: @meadowbat.
Author Archives: Cheryl Klein
Carriers
March 22nd, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
Privileged parents are getting a dose of what poor parents have always known: When the system fails, we will be blamed and pitted against each other
On the Other Side of the Curtain: A Year of Waiting
February 23rd, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
The word that squeezes your stomach like a jungle snake is "unfair." You deserve a baby. Your dad’s girlfriend deserves the vaccine. Fairness—what a ridiculous concept to cling to
Thanks for Being Awesome: You, Me, and The Algorithm
January 26th, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
I know there’s a simple solution to this quagmire, which is to turn off the TV (not so simple during month eleven of quarantine) or at least to disable YouTube
“Free, Equitable, Joyful”: Artist Molly Allis Draws a Better World
December 17th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
"I wanted to show characters whose genders are more ambiguous and fluid, without necessarily having to explain why."
In Praise of Complaining
November 23rd, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
Maybe someday things will be better. In the meantime, please bear witness to the buffet of snack foods ground into my couch
“Getting My Arms Around the Thousands of Pieces”: Jessica O’Dwyer on Her New Novel and the Complexities of Adoption
October 27th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
"The 'triad' is the birth or first mother, the child, and the adoptive parent. You can’t discuss adoption without considering each one of these."
Dispatch from Kinderzoom: We Do Not Got This (Yet)
September 8th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
I have to queue up the apps, but he wants to do it himself. He screams, “It’s my tablet! Let go of my tablet!” I snatch it away. He hits me in the face.
“Sadness Amid Joy”: Lakshmi Iyer’s Middle-Grade Novel Brings New Perspectives to Adoption Literature
August 27th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
I started from the things I am intimately familiar with. I am often at the receiving end of questions like “Why is my hair black?” or “Why is my skin different from my sister?”
“Tell It to Me Straight”: An Adoption Story Across Borders
July 29th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
"It was difficult because I was never officially] adopted. I was no one, and I was never registered."
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