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Elizabeth Velez discusses an unlikely story about abortion in Hemingway's body of work. "The hills across the valley of the Ebro were...

For The New Yorker, Olga Ravn writes an eerie story about a woman who becomes delirious after giving birth. If there was one word to...

Kathleen Felli writes readers' reactions to the bestselling memoir and the cultural dilemma of how to talk about abusive mothers. Over...

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

We highlight 11 new highly anticipated books that center mothering themes.

Rachel Yoder answered our questions about her acclaimed and wholly original novel Nightbitch.

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois is a remarkable debut novel from Jeffers, capturing Ailey Garfield and 200 years of her maternal ancestors.

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

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.

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

Luster is a striking departure from that somewhat tired Millenial/Gen Z storyline about ‘finding oneself’ in the big city.

There’s something about a mother who deserts her children that is uniquely disturbing to the popular imagination.

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