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

    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

  2. DEC 4

    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

  3. NOV 20

    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

  4. NOV 6

    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

  5. OCT 23

    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

  6. OCT 9

    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

  7. SEP 25

    Carley Moore: Protest and Identity

    To find out more about Carley, please visit her website: https://www.carleymoore.com/ Heart Less, her new collection of poetry is available from https://www.indolentbooks.com/heart-less/ The Not Wives is available from https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/the-not-wives Panpocalypse is available from https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/panpocalypse 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

    33 min

  8. SEP 11

    Catherine Newman: On The Sandwich Generation

    For further information on Catherine and her work, please visit https://www.catherinenewmanwriter.com/ 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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  • Creator
    Literary Mama
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Literary Mama
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    This Mama Is Lit!

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