Care and Feeding
November 19th, 2024 | by Frances Badalamenti
I dedicated my book to all the mothers
About Frances Badalamenti
Frances Badalamenti
Frances Badalamenti is the author of the novels I Don’t Blame You, Salad Days and her most recent, Many Seasons. She teaches writing workshops and works individually as a mentor for writers. Frances lives in Portland, Oregon. Find more at francesbadalamenti.com
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Author Archives: Frances Badalamenti
“Eternally Grateful to Grow Up in NYC”: Jennifer Baum Looks Back on the Just City
April 10th, 2024 | by Frances Badalamenti
I was lucky in a lot of ways, though I didn’t know it at the time
I Don’t Blame You: An Excerpt from the Novel by Frances Badalmenti
May 28th, 2019 | by Frances Badalamenti
I thought back to when she was dying. When she had said to me, “You got so mad that you bit me once.”
Frances Badalamenti’s Kid Has a STONED DAD
June 2nd, 2016 | by Frances Badalamenti
The first time that I was offered weed was in eighth grade. It was pre-braces and post onset of menses.
Sleep Nazi by FRANCES BADALAMENTI
June 24th, 2015 | by Frances Badalamenti
The sound of the baby in the other room wakes me from a mostly restless sleep. It is dark and
Three-to-Six: When After School is Not So Special, by FRANCES BADALAMENTI
July 7th, 2014 | by Frances Badalamenti
About three years ago, I was chatting it up with the dad of one of my kid’s preschool mates. We
MIL by Frances Badalamenti
February 12th, 2014 | by Frances Badalamenti
The morning after enduring twenty hours of sober-no-pain-drugs labor, two months after my mother died, I am sitting on the
Frances Badalamenti says Go The F To School
November 12th, 2013 | by Frances Badalamenti
When we dropped our kid off at his first day of kindergarten a few weeks ago, it was as if
Frances Badalamenti in the Light
October 21st, 2013 | by Frances Badalamenti
She cracks open the bathroom door and finds me sitting on the toilet in a pink waffle robe purchased from