Writing

On Motherhood & Mothering

Detach Yourselves. The parenting internet’s fixation on “attachment styles” is unhelpful and unscientific. — Slate

Would group prenatal care make mothers less lonely? — Romper

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

How Babies Mess With Everybody’s Brains, a Q & A with MOTHER BRAIN author Chelsea Conaboy   — Slate

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

How To Handle Weird Diet Talk Around Your Kids (on Virginia Sole-Smith's Fat Talk) — Romper

The Mom in ‘Home Alone’ Is a Messy and Magnificent Model of Motherhood — Catapult

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

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

On the Writing Life & The Business of Writing

Writer’s Digest column—how and why to start your author newsletter, and how to grow your audience

Don’t Forget Joy: Working With an Independent Publicist as a Small Press Author — Poets & Writers

Making Space for Doing Nothing Helps My Artistic Practice — Electric Literature

How to Set Yourself Up for Success at Your Writing Residency — Catapult

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

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