HOME OF THE FREE: Confessions from My Bubbe’s America by AMY KURZWEIL
October 19th, 2016 | by Amy Kurzweil
Amy Kurzweil’s memoir about her grandmother released this month, just in time for the election. Flying Couch “exposes the complicated
Browsing the "99 Problems" Category
Whose Business Is It? (Hint: Not Yours) – Carla Grossini-Concha on WHAT NOT TO ASK
October 4th, 2016 | by Carla Grossini-Concha
My wife had a late work meeting, so I decided to attempt an evening at a restaurant with my toddler.
THE MAGIC IS US: Becky Fine-Firesheets on Postpartum Madness
September 29th, 2016 | by Becky Fine-Firesheets
I first learned about nursing hormones when my gynecologist blamed them for the vaginal hell I’d been living in for the
Lisa Brown on Playing THE AIRPORT GAME
September 29th, 2016 | by Lisa Brown
My son began flying back and forth across the United States with us when he was three months old in
A Brothers Grimm Consent Training: ANITA MANDERFIELD on Raising a Feminist on Fairy Tales
September 22nd, 2016 | by Anita Manderfield
I’ve been feeding our preschooler’s morbid tendencies by reading her more-or-less original versions of Brothers Grimm tales. Despite the gory details, I
“I Was in Prison—A Lot”: Sosha Lewis on Facing Her Estranged Father
September 21st, 2016 | by Sosha Lewis
My cell phone rang when I was on my way to the hospital to meet my nephew. It startled me.
Laura Crossett on THE FAMILY BED
September 9th, 2016 | by Laura Crossett
I am puzzled as to why the child hates the cat so much. He does, really. The cat is not
I WANT MY CHILDREN TO FUCK UP, Says Lea Grover
August 23rd, 2016 | by Lea Grover
My husband had an idyllic childhood. He lived in one house nearly his whole life, where he and his sister
Apples, Guns and What We Share: CHERYL KLEIN on Family and Politics
August 10th, 2016 | by Cheryl Klein
We are gathered around the table at my aunt’s house: my mother’s younger sister, Lina, her daughter, Carmen, their husbands.*
WHEN YOU FIND ANGER ON THE YOGA MAT: Rachel Penn Hannah on Parenting a Special Needs Teen and Never Finding the Elusive Calm
July 27th, 2016 | by Rachel Penn Hannah
Going to yoga on the first Sunday morning of January, I had tensed at the thought of all the New