THIRTEEN: Mary Rowen on Growing Up with Loss
January 4th, 2016 | by Mary Rowen
Like so many other bad things, it started with blood. My mother’s and a bit of my own, too. But
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WE HAVE PETS: Carla Sameth on Love and Loss
October 14th, 2015 | by Carla Rachel Sameth
“Why are we stopping here?” my son Gabriel demanded as we pulled into the all-too-familiar HMO hospital parking lot and
YOUR MUTHA IS A WITCH: Allison Carr on Religion
August 6th, 2015 | by Allison Carr
Before we even started trying to get pregnant, my partner and I took her aluminum motorboat out to an Elk
SPONTANEOUS, INEVITABLE, HABITUAL: A Comic by Rachel Masilamani
January 15th, 2015 | by Rachel Masilamani
I’m always falling into that common trap where I think that I can will things into being. But if we
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
THE CRYING HAS MOSTLY STOPPED: Comics from the Toddler World, by Keiler Roberts
October 2nd, 2014 | by Keiler Roberts
Keiler Roberts draws comics about her daughter, Xia, who in truth is no longer a toddler but a child. That
JUST THE TWO OF US: A Comic by Robyn Jordan
August 28th, 2014 | by Robyn Jordan
When I experienced the loss of a pregnancy, it took a long time to draw my separated self together again.
POETRY by Erika Martinez
March 18th, 2014 | by Erika Martinez
red blood moon new slim line dark maroon drools from my womb connecting vulva to pooled water below three menstrual
JENNIFER PASTILOFF on Disappearing
January 17th, 2014 | by Jennifer Pastiloff
I often think about the choices we make as humans and about how sometimes those choices, seem futile, naïve, masochistic.
THE MOTHERS: An Interview with Jennifer Gilmore
December 9th, 2013 | by Meg Lemke
Jennifer Gilmore’s novel The Mothers is a work of fiction, but parallels her own unusual and tragic experiences trying to