Pamela FoxOct 28, 20218 minRead Our Interview with 'Nightbitch' Author Rachel YoderRachel Yoder answered our questions about her acclaimed and wholly original novel Nightbitch.
Colleen BaerOct 14, 20212 minWhy You Should Read Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ ‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois is a remarkable debut novel from Jeffers, capturing Ailey Garfield and 200 years of her maternal ancestors.
Colleen BaerJul 8, 20212 minWhy You Should Read Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and SaltIn Of Women and Salt, Gabriela Garcia examines mother-daughter relationships that span decades and countries.
Colleen BaerJun 25, 20212 minPride Spotlight: Read Detransition, Baby by Torrey PetersFor Pride, we're spotlighting books that look at queer parenthood and encouraging people to read Torrey Peters' novel Detransition, Baby.
Pamela FoxJun 25, 20214 minPride Spotlight: Read These Memoirs on Queer ParenthoodTo celebrate Pride Month, we’re spotlighting a trove of queer parenthood writing and focusing on one specific author’s take on family.
veleze0Jun 14, 20213 min Two Poems: The Male Gaze Fixes on the Maternal, and the Maternal Speaks I examine how "Mary Bly" by James Wright and "Summer in the suburbs: 6:00 A.M." by Jane Kenyon interact with the male gaze and the maternal.
veleze0Apr 5, 20212 min Maternal Theory: A Primer on Patricia Hill Collins, Paradigm ShifterMaternal theorist Patricia Hill Collins consistently denies the artificial line that patriarchy has drawn between work and motherhood.