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As I Lay Dying presents complicated relationships to maternal identity. Here are some suggestions for sparking discussion.

Marge Piercy's poem "Right to Life," remains painfully relevant, touching on themes of reproductive justice and women's bodily autonomy.

In Of Women and Salt, Gabriela Garcia examines mother-daughter relationships that span decades and countries.

For Pride, we're spotlighting books that look at queer parenthood and encouraging people to read Torrey Peters' novel Detransition, Baby.

To celebrate Pride Month, we’re spotlighting a trove of queer parenthood writing and focusing on one specific author’s take on family.

I examine how "Mary Bly" by James Wright and "Summer in the suburbs: 6:00 A.M." by Jane Kenyon interact with the male gaze and the maternal.

In a novel heralded for its anti-conformism, Kerouac’s radicality is limited by his conservatism when it comes to conceptions of gender.

Maternal theorist Patricia Hill Collins consistently denies the artificial line that patriarchy has drawn between work and motherhood.

The Scarlet Letter has been a staple of high school reading lists for ages. Here are some ways to highlight mothering in the novel.

Here are some suggestions if you're looking to teach The Great Gatsby through a reproductive justice lens.

Here are some suggested discussion prompts if you're looking to examine Hemingway's representation of motherhood in A Farewell to Arms.

Reading Motherhood isn't just a website--it's also a course taught at Georgetown University by our two co-founders.

Reading Motherhood is also a course at Georgetown University. Here's our syllabus, including the titles of readings that guide our class.

Here are some recommendations for educators looking to bring resources about the movement for reproductive rights into their classes.

McClain's book may be eye-opening to some and relatable to others, but she models a timely rendering of "the personal is political."

The first time I taught this poem at Georgetown, most of the young men in the class were outraged.