MUTHA Magazine
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A place for real life parenting stories, real loud. For MUTHAs and others. Eds @meglemke @cherylekleinla + @jen-bryant + others / www.muthamagazine.com
“What I wanted most was to craft… My Own Story of Motherhood …apart from all the charts and trends and expert recommendations. I wanted to get to know my kids as individuals, and the best part was watching their unique stories emerge.” - Audrey Markowitz www.muthamagazine.com/2026/10/the-...
The Real Story
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“She tells me she never saw her, never held her, never gave her a name. She’d carried her for seven months, and then poof – gone.” -Danya Kaufmann on sharing the experience of pregnancy loss with her grandmother #pregnancyloss #essays www.muthamagazine.com/2026/09/my-h...
My Helga, My Omi
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Here's a really great review of "No contact" edited by Jenny Bartoy from @muthamagazine.bsky.social
Goodbye, Forever: A Review of No Contact
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“I’m with the state. We received an intake for neglect. Your child hasn’t been in school for some time. Can I come inside?” New from the Carefully Come Undone series, in which Brittany Miles explores the many aspects of raising a child with schizophrenia. www.muthamagazine.com/2026/09/the-...
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MUTHA Magazine@muthamagazine.bsky.social · 2mo agoCalling all MUTHAs! Come hang with us on 9/24 at Lofty Pigeon Books. Meet other writer parents while you listen to cool folks read their work and show their art. Featuring Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett. 🔗 ⬇️ THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2026 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. #BKBF2026
Join us for Lost and Found! An official BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. On Thursday, September 24, 7-8:30pm at Lofty Pigeon Books, Brooklyn. Featuring Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett. MUTHA Magazine and Pen Parentis are teaming up for a night that goes from panel to party.
“Under seven layers of my own body, another world was revealed. A hidden land of skin, blood, and bone, explored cautiously like sacred ground.” Excerpted from Thaina Joyce’s poem “Earthside” - full text at the link. #poetry #birth
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MUTHA Magazine@muthamagazine.bsky.social · 2mo agoCalling all MUTHAs! Come hang with us on 9/24 at Lofty Pigeon Books. Meet other writer parents while you listen to cool folks read their work and show their art. Featuring Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett. 🔗 ⬇️ THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2026 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. #BKBF2026
“It’s all so fleeting and fragile: I draw my children because I cannot pray.” New from Marnie Gallowayz #comics #parenting www.muthamagazine.com/2026/09/lucky/
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Come hang with MUTHA & Pen Parentis in Brooklyn on 9/24! RSVP at the link below. THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2026 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. #BKBF2026 www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-and-f...
Lost and Found: MUTHA x Pen Parentis x Lofty Pigeon Get Lit(erary)
Join MUTHA Magazine and Pen Parentis for this BKBF Bookend Event featuring Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett!
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“Losing childcare had major implications for my ability to continue in college, but my biggest concern that day wasn’t about my own education…” Read an excerpt from STUDENT PARENT: THE FIGHT FOR FAMILIES, THE COST OF POVERTY, AND THE POWER OF COLLEGE at the link in comments. 🔗 #college
Calling all MUTHAs! Come hang with us on 9/24 at Lofty Pigeon Books. Meet other writer parents while you listen to cool folks read their work and show their art. Featuring Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett. 🔗 ⬇️ THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2026 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. #BKBF2026
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MUTHA Magazine@muthamagazine.bsky.social · 2mo agoJoin MUTHA Magazine and the awesome Pen Parentis on September 24th for our upcoming BKBF Bookend Event featuring Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett! 🔗 THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2026 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. #BKBF2026 @bkbookfest.bsky.social www.muthamagazine.com/2026/08/lost...
“Being a mother intersects with literally every other aspect of my life. So this is what I write!” — @writesloud.bsky.social in conversation with @samanthapaigerosen.bsky.social in @muthamagazine.bsky.social buff.ly/NXZ24FR
Hard-Earned Patience: An Interview with Hannah Grieco - Mutha Magazine
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Join MUTHA Magazine and the awesome Pen Parentis on September 24th for our upcoming BKBF Bookend Event featuring Emily Flake, Emi Nietfeld, and Cat Willett! 🔗 THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2026 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. #BKBF2026 @bkbookfest.bsky.social www.muthamagazine.com/2026/08/lost...
Lost and Found: Join us at the Brooklyn Book Festival x MUTHA x Pen Parentis Lit party!
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“The nights after the D&E, my grieving, aching body sat in that same red papasan chair for solace, no longer carrying my first child—a daughter.” New from Ruika Lin. #essays #birthafterloss www.muthamagazine.com/2026/08/the-...
The Red Papasan Chair
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“Why did I actually feel like I was on vacation at Bavarian Blast? The warm water and balmy temperature-controlled air certainly helped. But it was also because I’d been whisked away to a fantasy land—a world designed with families in mind.” - Cheryl Klein. www.muthamagazine.com/2026/08/wand...
Wanderlust: A Supposedly Fun Thing I Would Definitely Do Again
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>When I was in my twenties, I got briefly lost in a rainforest in Borneo. My...
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“And that’s what Wyoming is for, a pocket of time. One of our last summers, one week where nobody is rushing off to meet anyone else.” Jamie Wagman on vacationing with teens. www.muthamagazine.com/2026/08/wyom...
Wyoming
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Multi-generational living has brought great love to @writesloud.bsky.social’s children. She believes it has also kept her parents alive. @muthamagazine.bsky.social
Hard-Earned Patience: An Interview with Hannah Grieco
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Psyched to have my essay from the Living Together anthology featured in @muthamagazine.bsky.social! ❤️
Beacon Press@beaconpress.bsky.social · 2mo agoMulti-generational living has brought great love to @writesloud.bsky.social’s children. She believes it has also kept her parents alive. @muthamagazine.bsky.social
“What does it mean for my mixed kids to understand and contend with their whiteness?” Today at MUTHA: an excerpt from MOM, UNFILTERED by Leah Kim. #parenting #identity #books www.muthamagazine.com/2026/08/ever...
“Everyone Sees Color”: An Excerpt from MOM, UNFILTERED
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“One of the things I have seen in other motherless daughters is the shame of how they felt if their mother was sick.” New at MUTHA: Tiffany Graham Charkosky interviews Anna Nordberg about WHEN SHE WAS OURS. #books #interviews www.muthamagazine.com/2026/08/a-lo...
A Lost Mother’s Love is Never Gone: An Interview with Anna Nordberg
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>To read an essay by Anna Nordberg about the real-life loss that inspire...
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“A motherless girl is a flummoxing thing, and I still think about the guts it took for my friend to just walk beside me, often in silence, containing the sharp edges of my grief.” - Anna Nordberg www.muthamagazine.com/2026/08/grie...
Grief and the ’90s
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“One of my best friends, truly a sister to me, is my oldest son’s sister’s mom. (Yes, everyone has to do the math.)” New at MUTHA: Jade Sanchez-Ventura interviews Domenica Ruta about ALL THE MOTHERS. 🔗 #books #interview www.muthamagazine.com/2026/07/dram...
Drama in the Mommune: Domenica Ruta Talks to Jade Sanchez-Ventura About Her Radical Summer Read
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“Lose your breath at your parents asking, “Can we take the kids out for ice cream?” How did they know your skin was crawling from too many fingers touching you?” Read the rest of Hannah Grieco’s essay, excerpted from LIVING TOGETHER, at the link. 🔗 www.muthamagazine.com/2026/07/come...
Come With Us: An Excerpt from LIVING, TOGETHER
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“This was my attempt to explore the nuance of multi-generational living, to express gratitude and care for my parents and children, and maybe to purge a little.” New at MUTHA: Samantha Paige Rosen interviews Hannah Grieco. www.muthamagazine.com/2026/07/hard...
Hard-Earned Patience: An Interview with Hannah Grieco
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My goodness, this is so beautiful ❤️
MUTHA Magazine@muthamagazine.bsky.social · 3mo ago“Birth was never presented to me as easy, or even without fear. It was sacred because it was real. Worthy of respect because it included both the miracle and the danger.” New from Aleka Thorvalson. #birthstories www.muthamagazine.com/2026/07/the-...
