The Bridge Between Mother and Writer with Cassandra Lane

Cassandra Lane is the author of We Are Bridges, a stunning memoir that explores memory and strength as it moves between twentieth-century rural South and present-day Los Angeles. The book won the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and was published in 2021 by The Feminist Press. In our conversation, Cassandra shares how she came to the decision to be a mother after years believing it would prevent her from living a writer’s life. As Cassandra also splits her time writing, teaching, acting as editor-in-chief for LA Parent Magazine, and being a mother to her 15-year-old son, she has some valuable words of wisdom for writers aiming to balance family and career. 

You can learn more about Cassandra’s work on her website.

Her book, We Are Bridges, can be found on Bookshop.org or Amazon. 

Keep up with Cassandra on Twitter @casslanewrites or Instagram @cassandra.lane71.

Other Resources Mentioned:

Toni Morrison and Motherhood: A Politics of the Heart

by Andrea O'Reilly

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000

by Alice Walker

Sustainable Arts Foundation – Supporting Artists And Writers With Children

Pen Parentis – Parenting, Done Write