This Mama Is Lit!

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This Mama Is Lit!

Literary Mama's monthly podcast featuring interviews with mama writers. literarymama.substack.com

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Ava Chin: Dimensionalizing Paper People

    Ava Chin is the author of Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming (Penguin Press, 2023) where she shatters the silence that The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 imposed on the disenfranchised Chinese immigrant community. Her extensive research paired with her rich library of oral histories passed down through familial generations were woven together to create an American Library Association Notable Book and a Best Book of the year by TIME, the San Francisco Chronicle, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews and Elle. She also wrote the award-winning Eating Wildly (Simon & Schuster, 2014), which won the 2015 M.F.K. Fisher Book Award for excellence in food writing. It's no wonder The Huffington Post named her one of "9 Contemporary Authors You Should Be Reading." Chin's writing has appeared in The New York Times (“Urban Forager”), the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, Marie Claire, and Saveur, among many others. She is the recipient of grants and fellowships from the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars & Writers, Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York Institute for the Humanities, Asian American Writers’ Workshop and MacDowell. And as a former slam poet, she has performed on stages at Woodstock ‘94, the Whitney Museum, and the Knitting Factory. Professor Chin holds a PhD from the University of Southern California, a MA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, and a BA from Queens College, CUNY. She is Professor of Creative Nonfiction and Journalism at the CUNY Graduate Center where she is the head of the American Studies Certificate Program and she teaches nonfiction writing at the College of Staten Island. Chin lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter. Author Website: https://avachin.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ava_chin/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ava-chin-45206b5/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Ava-Chin-Author-100065441441480/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com

    31 min

  2. JAN 1

    Nicole Cooley: Climate Catastrophe, Grief, and Cigarettes

    Nicole Cooley grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana - the tragedies of Katrina and the climate crisis run deep for her and pour onto her pages. Her most recent book is a collection of poetry Mother Water Ash (Louisiana University Press, July 2024) that explores the aftermath of sudden death and the feelings of loss we collectively experience with the endless ecological catastrophes. A prolific poet, Nicole is the author of seven books including Girl after Girl after Girl (Louisiana State University Press, 2017) and Of Marriage (Alice James Books, 2018). Her awards include The Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, a Discovery/The Nation Award, an NEA, a Creative Artists fellowship from The American Antiquarian Society, and the Emily Dickinson Award from the Poetry Society of America. Cooley’s obsession with all things tiny has led to her latest project - a non-fiction book project, Dollhouse: A Book of Miniature Histories, excerpts of which have appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, The Rumpus, and the Feminist Wire. Cooley is professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation and the English Department at Queens College-City University of New York and lives outside New York City with her family. Author website: http://nicolecooley.com/index.html Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.cooley.965 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com

    32 min

  3. 12/18/2024

    Molly Spencer: The Communal Experience of Time

    Molly Spencer is an award-winning poet, critic, editor, and writing instructor at University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Her debut collection, If the House (University of Wisconsin Press, 2019) won the 2019 Brittingham Prize judged by Carl Phillips. A second collection, Hinge (SIU Press, 2020), a finalist for the National Poetry Series, won the 2019 Crab Orchard Open Competition judged by Allison Joseph. Invitatory (2024, Free Verse Editions/Parlor Press), her third collection, won the 2022 New Measure Poetry Prize. Molly’s poetry has appeared in Blackbird, Copper Nickel, FIELD, The Georgia Review among so many others. Her critical writing and essays have appeared at Colorado Review, The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review online, Literary Hub, The Writer's Chronicle, and The Rumpus, where she is a senior poetry editor. She holds an MFA from the Rainier Writing Workshop and an MPA from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Author website: http://www.mollyspencer.com/ Instagram: @mollypoet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/molly.spencer X: https://x.com/mspencerpoet Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspencerpoet.bsky.social This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com

    30 min

  4. 12/04/2024

    Nancy Reddy: Myths of Motherhood

    Eva Langston and Amanda Fields chat with Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth, about how flawed social science presumptions have blurred our visions of motherhood and trusting our intuition. Author Website: https://www.nancyreddy.com/ Substack: https://nancyreddy.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nancy.o.reddy/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.reddy.1 Preorder The Good Mother Myth: https://read.macmillan.com/promo/smpthegoodmothermyth/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com

    34 min

  5. 11/20/2024

    Dr. Tovah Klein: Resilience in Uncertain Times

    Anointed the “Toddler Whisperer” by Good Morning America, Dr. Tovah Klein is consistently tapped for her expertise in childhood development by New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Motherly, CNN, Today, and Slate, among many others. Her most recent book Raising Resilience has been hailed by Amy Schumer and is a USA Today bestseller.  As the Director of the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development and a psychology professor at Barnard College, Columbia University, Klein is an advisor to programs for children worldwide to children’s media including National Geographic and Apple TV+. Dr. Klein resides in New York City with her family and is the mother of three adult sons.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tovahklein/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtoddlersthrive/ Buy Raising Resilience:  https://bookshop.org/p/books/raising-resilience-how-to-help-our-children-thrive-in-times-of-uncertainty-tovah-klein/21201420?ean=9780063286566 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com

    32 min

  6. 11/06/2024

    K.T. Nguyen: Lived Experience as Fiction

    K.T. Nguyen’s 2024 debut psychological thriller You Know What You Did has received praise from People Magazine, CrimeReads, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Book Riot, Parade, Elle Magazine, The Seattle Times, and The Telegraph. A former Glamour magazine editor, she’s lived in New York City, San Francisco, and Taipei and has now settled just outside Washington, D.C. with her family where she enjoys native plant gardening, playing with her rescue terrier Alice, and rooting for the Mets.   K.T. is a proud member of Crime Writers of Color, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International Thriller Writers.   Author website: https://www.ktnguyenauthor.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ktnguyen_author/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/k.t.nguyen.books/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ktnguyen_author Buy You Know What You Did: https://bookshop.org/p/books/you-know-what-you-did-k-t-nguyen/20435898?ean=9780593473856 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com

    29 min

  7. 10/23/2024

    Kate Feiffer: A Story Within A Story

    To find out more about Kate and her work, visit her website at https://www.katefeiffer.com You can also follow her on Facebook @Kate FeifferInstagram @KFeifferTikTok @katefeiffer This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com

    28 min

  8. 10/09/2024

    Ona Gritz: Investigating Family Secrets

    For more information about Ona, please go to her author website at  https://www.onagritz.com/ More details regarding her awards is given here: https://www.onagritz.com/praise-awards Her books include: Everywhere I Look https://bookshop.org/p/books/everywhere-i-look-ona-gritz/20981700 The Space You Left Behind https://www.west44books.com/inc/_s24_The_Space_You_Left_Behind.php Take a Sad Song https://www.west44books.com/inc/_f24/TakeaSadSong.php This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com

    32 min
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Literary Mama's monthly podcast featuring interviews with mama writers. literarymama.substack.com

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    Literary Mama
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
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