Something Is Wrong: An Excerpt From BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN
April 14th, 2021 | by Gina Frangello
I did not and will not regain my mother. I am the only mother now.
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Body Lore: An Excerpt from THE OTHER MOTHERS
February 26th, 2021 | by Jennifer Berney
Culturally, we tend to conflate three disparate things: sexual desire, the impulse to nurture, the ability to conceive and bear a child. We act as if a woman’s longing is proportionate to her fertility. I longed deeply, and therefore I was fertile—or so my logic went
ROSALIE LIGHTNING: An Excerpt from TOM HART’s Graphic Memoir About His Daughter
May 19th, 2016 | by Tom Hart
Tom Hart’s daughter Rosalie died, before she turned two years old. He drew a book about her, about grief, and about
KID GLOVES: Comics by Lucy Knisley
May 4th, 2016 | by Lucy Knisley
Congratulations, Lucy! In fact, double congrats: These comics are gestating into a whole MUTHA-freaking graphic memoir about motherhood. Kid Gloves the book will
WHO WILL THIS BE TO ME by Betsy Graziana Fasbinder—from BLENDED: Writers on the Stepfamily Experience
October 28th, 2015 | by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder
“There is no guarantee of happily ever after,” writes editor Samantha Waltz in the introduction to Blended, a collection from feminist publisher