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Writing the Grit of Motherhood: A Reading by Mutha Magazine Contributors
Saturday, March 26, 2022
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Since 2013, Mutha Magazine has given voice to motherhood from diverse perspectives, particularly to the stories too often silenced or ignored. Mutha contributors, whose experience is as diverse as their writing, will read works that recognize mothering in its complex realities, including the grit, beauty, brokenness, and getting by.
Participants
Cheryl E. Klein’s column, Hold it Lightly, appears monthly(ish) in MUTHA Magazine. She is the author of Crybaby, a memoir about wanting a baby and getting cancer instead. She also wrote a story collection, The Commuters, and a novel, Lilac Mines.
Erin Pushman's How to Read Like a Writer: Ten Lessons to Elevate Your Reading and Writing Practice is forthcoming in 2022. Her essays appear in the Gettysburg Review, Confrontation, Mutha, and Pangyrus. A writing professor at Limestone University, she blogs about parenting a critically ill child.
Jade Sanchez-Ventura is a writer and radical educator. Her personal essays have appeared in Slice Magazine, Seal Press, and Bitch Media’s Popaganda podcast. She is a Hertog Fellow and has earned Slice and Disquiet Literary Conference awards. She is a regular contributor to MUTHA Magazine.
Lisa Lim is a comic storyteller born and raised in Queens, New York. Her recent work focuses on the grit and heart it takes to mother, especially during a pandemic. Her graphic stories have been featured in HuffPost, Scary Mommy, and MUTHA Magazine. Find more of her storytelling at lisalimcomics.com
