Between the Issues: October 2023
Best of the Net nominations plus new podcast coming soon
We’re proud to announce our Literary Mama nominations for Best of the Net 2024:
Art
Mama Alone by Katia Wish
There Are Always Hugs by Katia Wish
A Day in the Life of a Children’s Book Author by Katia Wish
Fiction
The Drumstick Tree by Ravibala Shenoy
In This Country All Mothers Are Goddesses by J.A. Prarthana
Poetry
Port of Call by Kate Falvey
Late Postpartum Dream Sequence by Christy Lee Barnes
Body Swap by Gillian Shearer
New Mother Poem by Alessandra Simmons
Chicopee Two Boys by Lindsay Adkins
My Mother Suggests a Tranquilizer by Rebecca Brock
Creative Nonfiction
How to Have a Miscarriage by Rae Katz
Later by Kate Lewis
From the Blog
Head over to our blog to discover new books for Latinx Heritage Month and get into the Halloween spirit with some spooky content from our archives.
Coming Soon: This Mama is Lit! Podcast
We are excited to launch Literary Mama’s very first podcast: This Mama is Lit! Hosted by LM profile editors Brianna Avenia-Tapper and Holly Rizzuto Palker, as well as Editor-in-Chief Amanda Fields, This Mama is Lit! will feature monthly interviews with mother writers, including Susan Shapiro and Jacinda Townsend. We’ll be debuting two episodes on November 1 on the Literary Mama Substack.
Literary Mama Available on Motif
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