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Interrogating Sentimentality with Leslie Jamison

Interrogating Sentimentality with Leslie Jamison

In Conversation with the Author of The Empathy Exams

By Kristen Martin | May 9, 2016

Motherhood vs. Art: There Is No Wrong Choice

Motherhood vs. Art: There Is No Wrong Choice

On Having a Child as a Working Writer

By Diana Abu-Jaber | May 6, 2016

No More Dead Mothers: Reading, Writing, and Grieving

No More Dead Mothers: Reading, Writing, and Grieving

After Three Novels, Hannah Gersen Gets Through the Loss of Her Mother

By Hannah Gersen | May 6, 2016

On Discovering Real Mothers on the Page

On Discovering Real Mothers on the Page

Pamela Erens, Rivka Glachen, Julia Fierro, and writing about motherhood

By Jordan Rosenfeld | May 6, 2016

Why Does Literature Hate Babies?

Why Does Literature Hate Babies?

On the Sometimes Reciprocal Hostility Between Writing and Children

By Rivka Galchen | May 6, 2016

Tyehimba Jess on Excavating Popular Music Through Poetry

Tyehimba Jess on Excavating Popular Music Through Poetry

Exploring the Sustenance of Song and Historical Clapbacks

By Adam Fitzgerald | May 5, 2016

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On Bad B&Bs, Writing As a Single-Parent, and the Presidential Elections

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