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Joanna Garbutt

@joannagarbutt.bsky.social

Writer and Editor. PhD in Applied Linguistics. Published in Fictive Dream, Orange Blossom Review, Literary Mama, Porridge, The Phare, amongst others. Associate Editor with Short Fiction and Audio Editor for This Mama is Lit!

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 3mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!!!*** Amanda Fields & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social talk w @heathersweeney.bsky.social, author of Camouflage: How I Emerged From the Shadows of a Military Marriage, about divorce and rebuilding after years as a military spouse:

Heather Sweeney: Life After a Military Marriage

Amanda and Holly chat with Heather Sweeney, author of Camouflage: How I Emerged From the Shadows of a Military Marriage, about identity, divorce, and rebuilding after years as a military spouse.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 5mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!*** @evalangston.bsky.social & Amanda Fields talk w @rebeccaslehmann.bsky.social, author of The Beheading Game, about rewriting Anne Boleyn through the lens of motherhood and bringing a poetry background to novel-writing.

Rebecca Lehmann: Resurrecting Anne Boleyn and Going from Poet to Novelist

Eva and Amanda chat with Rebecca Lehmann, author of The Beheading Game, about rewriting Anne Boleyn through the lens of motherhood and bringing a poetry background to novel-writing.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It's a good day to read about Helen Charman's Mother State: A Political History of Motherhood, reviewed by @joannagarbutt.bsky.social in our Jan/Feb issue:

Activism, Resistance, Persistence: A Review of Helen Charman’s Mother State

Recently, I have spent a lot of time thinking about my own childhood in comparison to my sons’—a time pre-internet, when communication was not instant and there was a greater expectation of boredom—an...

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 6mo ago

***NEW EPISODE*** @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social and Amanda Fields talk with Robyn Kozlowitz, author of Post Traumatic Parenting, about using guilt as a teacher, discovering how stress and trauma affect parenting, and creating patterns of joy. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts:

Dr. Robyn Kozlowitz: No One Ever Wins Trauma Poker

Holly and Amanda chat with Dr. Robyn Kozlowitz, author of Post Traumatic Parenting, about using guilt as a teacher, discovering how stress and trauma affect parenting, and creating patterns of joy.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 7mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!*** @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social & @evalangston.bsky.social talk with @michellelernerauth.bsky.social, author of Ring, about defining and treating complicated grief, living with irreparable damage, and finding healing in nature.

Michelle Lerner: Complicated Grief

Holly and Eva chat with Michelle Lerner, author of Ring, about defining and treating complicated grief, living with irreparable damage, and finding healing in nature.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 8mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!*** Brittany Micka-Foos, author of It's No Fun Anymore, talks w Amanda Fields & @evalangston.bsky.social about domestic horror tropes, neurodiversity diagnoses, and, of course, writing and motherhood:

Brittany Micka-Foos: Domestic Horror, Discomfort, & Neurodiversity

Amanda and Eva chat with Brittany Micka-Foos, author of It's No Fun Anymore, about domestic horror tropes and how a neurodiversity diagnosis offered insight into writing and motherhood.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 8mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!*** Domenica Ruta, author of All the Mothers, talks w Amanda Fields & @evalangston.bsky.social about the ecosystem of single mothers. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts:

Domenica Ruta: The Ecosystem of Single Mothers

Amanda and Eva chat with Domenica Ruta, author of All the Mothers, about a new dialectic in motherhood, the specific anxieties of single moms, and the necessity of single mom communities.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 8mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!!!*** @evalangston.bsky.social & Amanda Fields talk with Jessie Harrold, author of Mothershift, about matrescence - the process of becoming a mother, the four radical transformations, and the seven mother powers:

Jessie Harrold: Becoming, Not Broken

Eva and Amanda chat with Jessie Harrold, author of Mothershift, about matrescence - the process of becoming a mother, the four radical transformations, and the seven mother powers.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 8mo ago

***NEW EPISODE*** @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social and @evalangston.bsky.social talk with @lizalterman.bsky.social author of Sad Sacked, about the perils and freedoms of unemployment, the dichotomy of working moms, and the need to write the book you want to read.

Liz Alterman: Humor is My Drug of Choice

Holly and Eva chat with Liz Alterman, author of Sad Sacked, about the perils and freedoms of unemployment, the dichotomy of working moms, and the need to write the book you want to read.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 9mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!!!*** Amanda Fields & @evalangston.bsky.social talk with @jessicaslice.bsky.social, author of Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges An Inaccessible World (@beaconpress.bsky.social), on This Mama Is Lit!

Jessica Slice: Ableist Systems and Disability Designs

Amanda and Eva chat with Jessica Slice, author of Unfit Parent, about designing and inventing systems of parenting based on the bodies and minds we live in.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 9mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!*** Natasha Williams: Love and Schizophrenia @evalangston.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social talk with @natashawwrites.bsky.social, author of The Parts of Him I Kept, about parenting her father through schizophrenia and healing through memoir.

Natasha Williams: Love and Schizophrenia

Eva and Holly chat with Natasha Williams, author of The Parts of Him I Kept, about parenting her father through schizophrenia and healing through memoir writing.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 9mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!!!*** @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social & Amanda Fields talk with Abigail Leonard, author of Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries, about politicizing motherhood & the power of community.

Abigail Leonard: For Mothers Across Borders

Holly and Amanda chat with Abigail Leonard, author of Four Mothers, about parenting in four different countries, politicizing motherhood, and supporting mothers with the power of community.

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Literary Mama@literarymama.bsky.social · 9mo ago

***NEW EPISODE!!!*** @evalangston.bsky.social and Amanda Fields talk with Allison Buccola, author of The Ascent, about the anxieties of new motherhood, renegotiating relationships post-childbirth, and navigating career transitions. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:

Allison Buccola: Cult Following

Eva and Amanda chat with Allison Buccola, author of The Ascent, about surviving the anxieties of new motherhood, renegotiating relationships post-childbirth, and navigating career transitions.

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