This Mama Is Lit‪!‬ Literary Mama

Literary Mama talks with Erika Hayasaki: journalist, professor, and author of SOMEWHERE SISTERS: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family. SOMEWHERE SISTERS was named an NPR Best Book of the Year, and received a Nautilus Book Award in Journalism and Investigative Reporting, honoring books about social and environmental justice.




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Tiffanie Drayton sits in the Literary Mama guest chair and discusses her memoir Black American Refugee, abusive relationships, racism and inequity, and the horrifying landscape of the U.S. family court system.
Episode call-outs:
* Custody Peace: Website, X/Twitter
* Tiffanie Drayton: X/Twitter




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Holly Rizzuto Palker and Brianna Avenia-Tapper chat with author, Estelle Erasmus, about her book Writing That Gets Noticed, about being a midlife mom, and about how she re-invented herself during motherhood.




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The Literary Mama crew talks to Elizabeth Farfán-Santos, a Chicana author and medical anthropologist. Her newest book, Undocumented Motherhood: Conversations on Love, Trauma, and Border Crossing, is a hybrid ethnography, memoir, and testimonio centered on the courageous journey of a Mexican mother fighting for health and educational services for her hearing-impaired daughter.



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The LM crew sits down with author Kelly McMasters to discuss divorce, honesty, and moms in the dating world. Kelly is the author of The Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays and Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town.
Margo Steines talked with Kelly for Literary Mama in the January/February 2024 issue, and Kelly also appeared in the January/February 2023 issue with co-editor Margot Kahn to discuss their newly released essay anthology, Wanting: Women Writing About Desire.


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Literary Mama talks with Margo Steines: author, mother, freelance writer, and writing coach. Margo’s memoir, Brutalities: A Love Story, is out now.
Literary Mama also talked with Margo for the November/December 2023 issue in “I Like When It’s Messy: A Conversation with Margo Steines.”


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