“My Teen Pregnancy Wasn’t A Tragedy”: MUTHA Interviews Katherine Arnoldi
February 27th, 2018 | by Jen Bryant
I first became aware of Katherine Arnoldi’s graphic novel The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom a few
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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
How to Be the Good Mother of a Murderer: An Interview with the Filmmakers Behind THE FAMILY I HAD
December 21st, 2017 | by Meg Lemke
“To be a good mom to Paris, I felt like I was betraying Ella and to be a good mom
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
EAVESDROP! Psycho Bitches—Orli Auslander, Julie Holland and Elisa Albert in Conversation
September 14th, 2017 | by Elisa Albert
In celebration of Orli Auslander’s outstanding new book I Feel Bad earlier this year, her friends, co-conspirators, and fans Elisa
Mothers of the Struggle
June 29th, 2017 | by Amy Abugo Ongiri
Many people know the name Emmett Till, the young boy from Chicago whose violent death one Mississippi summer made him
A Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Camille Dungy Talks to Desiree Cooper About “Mothering While Art-ing”
June 19th, 2017 | by Desiree Cooper
It’s about time that someone wrote a guidebook to “mothering while arting.” I’ve been calling myself a writer for most
Imposter Syndrome, Self-Sabotage and Redefining Parenting—Edan Lepucki, Ethel Rohan and Shanthi Sekaran in Conversation
May 25th, 2017 | by Mutha Magazine
The San Francisco Bay Area is a unique and beautiful place to be a writer and a parent. Yes, the