Kid Gloves: On Loss, Art, and Healing—an Excerpt
April 25th, 2019 | by Lucy Knisley
Excerpted from Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos Lucy says: “I wanted to be a midwife when I was
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RAD GIRLS CAN!—Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl’s Guide for How Awesome Girls Get Into It
September 7th, 2018 | by Mutha Magazine
The creators of the bestselling Rad American Women—the first-ever YA title from City Lights/Sister Spit, which MUTHA covered on its
THAT WHICH GIRLS CONJURE WILL HELP THEM SURVIVE: An Interview with Kristen Stone
August 31st, 2018 | by Meg Lemke
Kristen Stone‘s exquisite, pocket-sized work of micro-fiction stories, each delving into the inner souls of women and girls and people
Against the Imperative Verb Tense: Stories That Taught Me More Than Any Parenting Manual
August 6th, 2018 | by Cheryl Klein
I haven’t read a single parenting book all the way through. I’m no fan of taking pride in ignorance, but
Renegade MUTHA: Janelle Hanchett Talks About How She’s JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE with Marissa Korbel
May 17th, 2018 | by Marissa Korbel
I first heard Janelle Hanchett as a guest on the One Bad Mother podcast, speaking about her four children and
Early and Often: An Adoption Story in Circles
April 24th, 2018 | by Cheryl Klein
My son’s favorite book right now is Babies Come from Airports, a sweet, rhyming story narrated by an adopted child
BODY FULL OF STARS: An Interview with Molly Caro May on Motherhood, Rage, and Healing
January 24th, 2018 | by Elizabeth Beauvais
I wish Molly Caro May’s second memoir Body Full of Stars had been written ten years ago when, after the
Break it Down: Gene Luen Yang on READING WITHOUT WALLS
November 20th, 2017 | by Meg Lemke
I often describe MUTHA as a site for folks who parent (and like to read) outside the mainstream—a place where
Get Art Done: But First, Stop Drowning—An Interview with Jessica Abel on GROWING GILLS
November 18th, 2017 | by Meg Lemke
Hello World (Not waving—drowning). Being overwhelmed is not new or unique. It’s a working mother/artist swan song on repeat, wanting
Peculiar Mothers: A Correspondence between Ariel Gore and Gayle Brandeis
October 19th, 2017 | by Mutha Magazine
Mama-writers Ariel Gore and Gayle Brandeis have new and wildly complementary books out this fall: Ariel’s We Were Witches (The