essays | Nancy Reddy

on motherhood & mothering

I Was Promised That the “Golden Hour” Would Make Me a Mom, in Slate

Why Making Mom Friends is Worth It, Even in a Pandemic, in Romper

“Giving Birth Radicalized Me,” an interview with Lyz Lenz in Electric Literature

Motherhood Has Always Been Political—Now, Books About It Are, Too, in Electric Literature

We Need to Talk About Whiteness in Motherhood Memoirs, in Electric Literature

There’s no I in team—but there is a doula, in Motherfigure

on the writing life & the business of writing

Poetry Book Contracts: What to Know Before You Sign, at The Millions

Order Out of Chaos: Revising Your Poetry Manuscript, in Poets & Writers

The Up Drafts, at PANK

Kitchen Table MFA : An Alternative to the MFA/NYC Binary, at F(r)iction

How I Wrote “Your Best Post-Baby Body,” at Adroit Journal