Care and Feeding
November 19th, 2024 | by Frances Badalamenti
I dedicated my book to all the mothers
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“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
Attachment Wounds: Writer Frances Badalmenti on the Legacy of Mental Illness and the Appeal of a White Duvet
May 28th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
"There was this tremendous fear of intimacy, which was rooted in the fear of loss.... We both knew that this was going to be our story and that our story would be very powerful."
I Don’t Blame You: An Excerpt from the Novel by Frances Badalmenti
May 28th, 2019 | by Frances Badalamenti
I thought back to when she was dying. When she had said to me, “You got so mad that you bit me once.”
IT’S THE HOLIDAYS: What Is Even Happening? ASK A MUTHA on Traditions Old and New and Demolished
December 11th, 2017 | by Mutha Magazine
It got cold (thought it took a suspiciously long time). The store windows have become aggressive. People start drinking more;
Come out of the Rain and Find Your Friends — MUTHA UP in Portland, OR, with PLONK Reading Series!
March 27th, 2017 | by Mutha Magazine
Are you a parent or were you ever a kid? Also do you live in or near Portland, OR? Well
ASK A MUTHA: SUMMER’S NOT OVER YET—the Reading List You Still Need
August 5th, 2016 | by Mutha Magazine
Here we are: August has come upon us, in shimmering heat (and bearing ominous back-to-school PR emails). Aspirational summer reading lists
Frances Badalamenti’s Kid Has a STONED DAD
June 2nd, 2016 | by Frances Badalamenti
The first time that I was offered weed was in eighth grade. It was pre-braces and post onset of menses.
Sleep Nazi by FRANCES BADALAMENTI
June 24th, 2015 | by Frances Badalamenti
The sound of the baby in the other room wakes me from a mostly restless sleep. It is dark and
Three-to-Six: When After School is Not So Special, by FRANCES BADALAMENTI
July 7th, 2014 | by Frances Badalamenti
About three years ago, I was chatting it up with the dad of one of my kid’s preschool mates. We
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