The January/February Issue of Literary Mama
Our first issue after a yearlong hiatus.
“I didn’t fully realize the power of this journal until everyone thought it was gone for good.”
Amanda Fields, Editor-in-Chief & Co-Host, This Mama Is Lit!
Read the complete From the Editor letter
Creative Nonfiction
Fault Lines
By Laura Mullen
Slicing Peppers
By Jill Finnessy
Unmoored
By Shelley Russell
Fiction
Borrowed Bones
By Rita Ariyoshi
Incision
By Brittany Clair
Your Sixty Seconds
By Susan Perabo
Literary Reflections
Sticky Kissing Hands
By Catie Joyce-Bulay
Poetry
Colonoscopy
By Sally Anderson Boström
Once Birds, Once Angels
By Jeanne Blum Lesinski
Co-sleeping
By Claudia Wardle
L&D
By Annelise Jolley
Ars Poetica
By Kate Lewis
Differences Between My Mother and Me
By Reem Faruqi
Proto-conversations
By Caitlin Prouatt
Excision
By Shannon Swearingen Gabriel
Profiles
Finding Strength in Struggle: A Conversation with Jane Loeb Rubin
By Mally Becker
Honor Your Truth: A Conversation with Sarah Hoover
By Tess Clarkson
Matrescence is a Long Season: A Conversation with Amy Bornman
By Heidi Fettig Parton
Reviews
For When Your Hoof Is Caught in the Quicksand of Late Capitalism: A Review of We Are Animals
By Margo Steines
Submissions
We are currently accepting submissions for every department. Visit our website for guidelines.
Volunteer Opportunities
Literary Mama is an all-volunteer organization that brings mamas and mama supporters together through literature. We are currently in search of a Co-Editor for the Creative Nonfiction Department and a Social Media Co-Editor. Learn more and apply.
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