As her son finishes high school and prepares to leave for college, Michelle Cruz Gonzales looks back on his early years as a pianist and anticipates a future without the sound of his playing filling the house.
motherhood
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Wonder Woman
Of all the genes parents pass down and values they instill, how does one take hold so much stronger than the others?
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Everything is Fine
A personal essay in which Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life, as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Everything is Fine
Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Everything is Fine
Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Mothers of the Future
In a new memoir, Sophia Shalmiyev attempts to reunite with her missing mother through scraps, signs, and surrogates.
Posted inReading List, Unapologetic Women
Labor Pains: A Reading List
No one ever said expelling a tiny human our of your body would be easy — or if they did, they shouldn’t have.
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A Reading List to Celebrate World Breast Pumping Day
Here’s a reading list to celebrate World Breast Pumping Day on January 27.
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What He Left Behind
Kira Martin struggles through her connection – both emotional and physical – with her troubled and destructive son.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Indignities of Poverty, Compounded by the Requirement to Prove It
In an excerpt from her debut memoir, Stephanie Land recalls being poor, and moving with her young daughter from a homeless shelter to transitional housing.