You Are Not The Special One: A Letter To My Son
March 5th, 2019 | by Mary Volmer
The other day, romping through the living room, stuffed kitty under one arm, you stopped, raised your little chin like
About Mary Volmer
Mary Volmer
Mary Volmer is the author of two novels: Crown of Dust (Soho Press, 2010) and Reliance, Illinois (Soho Press, 2016). Her essays, reviews, and short stories have appeared in various publications, including MUTHA Magazine, the Farallon Review, Women’s Basketball Magazine, Fiction Writers Review, Historical Novel Society Review, The New Orleans Review, Brevity, and Ploughshares. She has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Hedgebrook and was the spring 2015 Distinguished Visiting Writer in Residence at Saint Mary’s College (CA) where she now teaches.
Author Archives: Mary Volmer
A Short History of My Breasts by MARY VOLMER
February 13th, 2015 | by Mary Volmer
They’re called tits, titties, boobs, breasts, hooters, hahas, bosoms, the focal of point of male fantasy, of fashion (high and
MARY VOLMER Says ‘WE’ Are Not Pregnant
July 17th, 2014 | by Mary Volmer
One day I suggested to my husband that “maybe it would be okay if we tried.” I could have been