G is for Generation: On Finishing Our Parents’ Projects, Or Not
April 10th, 2026 | by Cheryl Klein
What am I doing for myself? What am I doing for my kid(s)? When is it time to give up on my own achievements and pass the torch
Browsing the "Writer Moms" Category
How Fierce Intensities Can Linger Within Us: A Conversation with Carey Salerno
February 19th, 2026 | by Tyler Mills
the poems themselves rebel against the right margin
“Be Her Safe Space”: An Interview with Kate Rope, Author of Strong As a Girl
December 15th, 2025 | by Megan Hanlon
"Ask more questions than you offer solutions. Let her know you want to hear what is going on inside her mind."
Care and Feeding
November 19th, 2024 | by Frances Badalamenti
I dedicated my book to all the mothers
“I Began With a Question”: A Conversation with LaToya Jordan about TO THE WOMAN IN THE PINK HAT
September 24th, 2024 | by Jacqui Morton
LaToya Jordan started writing fiction a year or two after her daughter was born
Will We Survive?
June 25th, 2024 | by Jade Sanchez-Ventura
I sat on a long subway ride from my borough of Brooklyn to Emily Raboteau’s home in the Bronx, crying
Waxing and Waning: An Essay Review of WOMEN ON THE MOON
June 21st, 2024 | by Sharline Chiang
I read these poems at the kitchen table after my daughter had gone to bed
From Start to Finish
March 26th, 2024 | by India Akua Mendonca
While I love being a mother to my daughter, it’s hard to reconcile who I used to be — a writer — with who I am now
Spilling Your Guts: Motherhood, Memoir, and What I Learned from David Sedaris
February 27th, 2024 | by Irena Smith
I would rewrite the autism narrative. It would be literate, snarky, dark, and funny. The subtext, of course, was that our extraordinary child would also recover, though I would never use that word.
Stories Stories: Laurie Frankel’s Adoption Novel, Family Family, is Neither Sunshine Nor Misery
February 12th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"If it’s simple, you can say it in a social media post; it’s because it’s so hard that it has to be novel." —Laurie Frankel