Recommendations

Reading materials we recommend for educators looking to bring the themes of motherhood, reproductive rights, and feminism into the classroom

Read Our Interview with 'Nightbitch' Author Rachel Yoder

Rachel Yoder answered our questions about her acclaimed and wholly original novel Nightbitch.

Why 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.

Why You Should Read Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and Salt

In Of Women and Salt, Gabriela Garcia examines mother-daughter relationships that span decades and countries.

Pride Spotlight: Read Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

For Pride, we're spotlighting books that look at queer parenthood and encouraging people to read Torrey Peters' novel Detransition, Baby.

Pride Spotlight: Read These Memoirs on Queer Parenthood

To celebrate Pride Month, we’re spotlighting a trove of queer parenthood writing and focusing on one specific author’s take on family.

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.

Maternal Theory: A Primer on Patricia Hill Collins, Paradigm Shifter

Maternal theorist Patricia Hill Collins consistently denies the artificial line that patriarchy has drawn between work and motherhood.