Reclaiming the Essence of Who We Are: A Q&A with the Authors of Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels
August 15th, 2024 | by DW McKinney
Our sharp edges are seen as weapons, our soft parts are taken for the comfort.
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Breastfeeding is Dark Magic: Shannon Robinson on Motherhood, Beastliness and THE ILL-FITTING SKIN
July 26th, 2024 | by Emily Robbins
Again and again, the women in my stories feel confined by external notions of what they should be
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
Reimagining Family: A Q&A with Ruby Russell, Author of DOING IT ALL: THE SOCIAL POWER OF SINGLE MOTHERHOOD
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
Losing Grip: Author Roxanna Asgarian on the Child Welfare System
May 6th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"The systems are clearly biased...but we also see in the Hart story just how many individual acts of bias contributed to these kids' deaths."
Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends: Novelist Katya Apekina on Russia, Motherhood, and Mother Doll
April 25th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"Russian immigrants find the American friendliness to be off-putting and insane. Why do people smile so much?"
“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
“That Intersection is Everything”: Susan Kiyo Ito on Owning Her Adoption Story
February 15th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"It wasn’t about finances, or youth, or inexperience. It was one hundred percent based on stigma and shame."
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