Literary Mama Reading for the Maternally Inclined

by Buchanan, Andrea J.; Hudock, Amy

• ISBN13: 9781580051583
• ISBN10: 1580051588
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-27
• Publisher: Seal Press

Summary

For Mothers Who Write or Aspire to, who find meaning and humor in the demanding but wondrous daily experience of raising children, and who value the sharing of these varied experiences, comes a wonderfully rich compendium by mothers who write-the lively, refined, honest, and witty Literary Mama.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
I. Creative Acts
Pregnancy	2	(1)
Lori Romero
Third Month	3	(2)
Sarah Pinto
thirty-seven weeks	5	(1)
Rachel Iverson
Evolution of a Muse	6	(6)
Joanne Hartman
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Being a Mother and a Poet	12	(7)
Nicole Cooley
The Gift	19	(6)
Karen Vernon
The Blue Snake Lies Curled in My Bowl Like Oatmeal	25	(2)
Barbara Crooker
Not So Perfect	27	(4)
Jennifer Lauck
Out of the Woods	31	(11)
Lizbeth Finn-Arnold
II. Mothers Raising Women, Defining Mothering
Casi's Face	42	(1)
Gabriela Anaya Valdepena
LiLi	43	(1)
Laura A. Lopez
nighttime with dorothea	44	(4)
Rachel Iverson
The Girl Is Mine	48	(3)
Deesha Philyaw Thomas
Chocolate	51	(4)
Cassie Premo Steele
The Girl at the Side of the Road	55	(10)
Peggy Duffy
Beautiful Daughter	65	(1)
Mary Moore
Eclipse	66	(2)
Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
III. Mothers Raising Men, Exploring Mothering
Boy Child	68	(1)
Ona Gritz
When You're Ten	69	(3)
Lisa McMann
Albion Street	72	(2)
Amy Burditt
Analyzing Ben	74	(4)
Jennifer Eyre White
Packing the Car	78	(2)
Linda Lee Crosfield
How to Make a Meat Pie and Other Tales of the Ambitious Mother	80	(4)
Lisa Rubisch
Son of a Bitch	84	(2)
garrie keyman
IV. Sex, Fertility, and the Body
Matermorphosis	86	(2)
KerryAnn Cochrane
Sanctuary	88	(5)
Peggy Hong
Camping	93	(5)
Barbara Card Atkinson
Becoming Mine by the Naughty Mommy	98	(3)
Coming	101	(3)
Rachel Sarah
The Dogs of Sayulita	104	(16)
Jennifer D. Munro
V. Mothers, Fathers, Parents
The Impatient Mother	120	(1)
Ona Gritz
Forecasts	121	(11)
Kimberly Greene Angle
Nebraska	132	(2)
Holly Day
Eyes in the Back of Her Head	134	(2)
Gayle Brandeis
Gan	136	(9)
Suzanne Kamata
Mama's Orange Robe	145	(2)
Cathleen Daly
Blueberries for Mom	147	(6)
Meagan Francis
Word-Girl	153	(2)
Mary Moore
Motherkind	155	(4)
S. A. Miller
Gray	159	(13)
Sybil Lockhart
Mitzraim	172	(7)
Liz Abrams-Morley
Acts of Contrition	179	(3)
Lisa Meaux
Dad, in Red	182
Sonya Huber