Jen Bryant
Jen Bryant is an editor at MUTHA Magazine and a creative nonfiction reader for Mud Season Review. Her work has appeared in The Sun, Ms., BUST, Cleaver Magazine, Hip Mama, and elsewhere. She has participated in readings and storytelling events at the Columbus Arts Fest, Wild Goose Creative, and Two Dollar Radio. Originally from the South, she currently lives in the Midwest.
August 26th, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
Once we start examining why infant adoption happens, the myths we tell ourselves about adoption begin to unravel very quickly
June 26th, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
We are always coming of age, and adulthood is also marked by moments where we leave our past self behind and enter into a new sense of identity.
June 17th, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
I immediately started writing after I realized I was in a cult – not necessarily with the intention of turning it into a book, but because I was like, “What happened?”
January 23rd, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
There’s no way to look at anything within the human experience without looking at how we love and care for each other, too
October 1st, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
How do you grieve a person who’s alive? How do you truly let them go
September 9th, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
Sometimes you think your situation is unique, but then you meet another mother who’s dealing with similar issues
May 14th, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
Part of the impetus for this book was that I wanted to read a history of single motherhood and I couldn’t find one – and that in itself surprised me
July 27th, 2023 | by Jen Bryant
"I somewhat naively believed that if I applied enough thinking and feeling and time and energy towards somehow solving the problem of my marriage falling apart, that by the time I got done with the book, I would get it — I would understand what happened, and I would be able to set it down."
July 14th, 2022 | by Jen Bryant
In light of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health overturning Roe v. Wade, we asked MUTHAs: "How has abortion access, or lack thereof, affected your life?"
June 8th, 2022 | by Jen Bryant
Now that the weather is getting warmer, my son and I have been going for walks in the evening. After
