May 11 Reading in NYC
Friday, May 11, 7:00 pm, Lolita Bar, 266 Broome Street, NYC
If you find yourself in Manhattan hankering for a night of fiction and nonfiction about crazy families around 7 pm or so on May 11, head on over to Lolita Bar and hear me, the esteemed Sue (”Dr. Sue“) O’Doherty, and author extraordinaire Felicia Sullivan baring our souls at a reading we’re calling “Dysfunction Junction.” Or “Not Your Mother’s Mother’s Day Reading.” Or something clever and catchy like that. (Thanks to Lauren for the venue suggestion!)
Mmmm… Cookie!
Cookie magazine’s blog Daysitter recently profiled Literary Mama and me. Caroline Leavitt, writing for Cookie, says: “Literary Mama is also a cornucopia of delights for any writing or reading mom. Power-packed with literary criticism, reviews, profiles, poetry and short stories, the site also boasts a wealth of alternating columns, featuring dispatches from single moms, disabled moms, suburban moms, hipster moms and more.” LM is called a “hip literary magazine for women juggling motherhood and writing,” and I am described as a “Jill of all trades.” Awesome. Thanks, Cookie!
“About What Was Lost” in Elle Magazine
About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope, edited by Jessica Berger Gross, has just been published, and this month it is reviewed in Elle Magazine. Readers may remember Jessica’s wonderful essay “Garden City” from It’s a Girl — it was a pleasure working with her for my anthology, and a delight being edited by her for hers. This collection features heartbreaking, poignant, and uplifting stories by women (including authors from the Boy and Girl books like Caroline Leavitt and Joyce Maynard) about a topic that’s often impossible to broach. When Jessica originally approached me about the project, I told her I’d be happy to let her reprint my chapter from Mother Shock titled “Misconceptions” — but instead, at her suggestion, I expanded and rewrote the essay, making it longer and deeper and, with her excellent editorial eye, turning it into something new. It’s one of my favorite pieces now, and I’m honored to be included in such an important book.
Nose, grindstone.
In an effort to streamline things, I’ve tried to condense my online presence a bit. I’ll no longer be blogging at mothershock, though the archives will remain up for your perusal, and instead I’ll be using this as the place to update about news and upcoming events. I am still hard at work with my partners at Mother Talk, and I’m also trying to keep my head down and focus on several writing projects. I will keep you posted on how that goes. And now . . . nose, meet grindstone.