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Former U.S. poet laureate, Tracy K. Smith, writes a gorgeous, complicated essay about alcohol, race, and motherhood. Tracy K. Smith...

Interested in reading on mom rage? Pamela Fox and Elizabeth Velez provide two book recommendations to check out. Screaming on the Inside:...

Kathleen Felli explores narratives of motherhood and self-acceptance in the critically acclaimed album. In August of this year, hip-hop...

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

Read this excerpt from Vanessa Corcoran's new book It's A Marathon, Not A Sprint, discussing mothering during the pandemic.

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.

Here are some highlights from our interview with Ericka Sóuter, author of How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide.

We are delighted to highlight Ericka Souter’s new book, How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide.

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.

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

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

Three movies, each released in the same decade, each with a radically different depiction of mothering.

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."