THE UNEXPECTED DO-OVER: Desiree Cooper on How She Learned to Love Babies
March 21st, 2016 | by Desiree Cooper
Babies are not my cup of tea. Unfortunately, I didn’t figure that out until I had one. By the time
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WAKING THE DEAD: How Parenting Brought KRIS WILLCOX’s Writing Back to Life
November 20th, 2015 | by Kris Willcox
If you’d asked me at the age of thirty, when I finished repaying my student loans, what might bring me
All of A Sudden We Were Mothers: KRISTEN STONE on Friendship and Change
November 11th, 2015 | by Ezra Stone
Last night I talked to an old friend. She has four stepchildren now; I have a six-year-old son. These children,
HOW I STOPPED WORRYING ABOUT WOOLF AND WROTE MY TITS OFF: Jennifer Hayden on Art and MUTHA-hood
October 19th, 2015 | by Jennifer Hayden
In my roaring twenties, I was determined to be a great writer. Short stories, fiction, booze, late nights, angst. I
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED: An Interview with Jillian Lauren
September 1st, 2015 | by Meg Lemke
I first heard Jillian Lauren on The Moth podcast, with a harrowing story about adopting her son, Tariku. She is great up at
THE LONGEST SHORTEST TIME: An Interview with Hillary Frank
December 10th, 2014 | by Meg Lemke
Hillary Frank hosts and produces The Longest Shortest Time, a podcast about struggles in early parenting, which she calls “a 3am
“If You’re Going through Hell, Keep Going”: MICHELLE MIRSKY on Loss
November 5th, 2014 | by Michelle Mirsky
If you make it to forty without scars, you’re doing it wrong. I wear a scatterplot of tattoos and accidental
CONFESSIONS OF AN UNSENTIMENTAL MOTHER by Suzanne Cope
October 9th, 2014 | by Suzanne Cope
I sat by my almost one-year-old’s crib, eyes heavy and a cup of coffee close at hand. He was wide
Tayla Jankovits on being a WRITING MOM
June 2nd, 2014 | by Tayla Jankovits
I have been writing since I was 8 years old and a mother since I was 24. I had always
How Being A Mom Helped AYA DE LEON Thrive At Writers Conferences
February 28th, 2014 | by Aya de Leon
A couple weekends ago, I attended the San Francisco Writers Conference for the first time. I presented on panels, read