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Literary Mama

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Copper mask of Darth Vader on brick wall - photo by Fidel Fernando via Unsplash — November/December 2025

The Empire never really wins, as long as we are prepared to hold it accountable, time and time again.
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Amethyst pebble on grayed linen cloth - Photo by Eva Bronzini via Pexels — September/October 2025

I think that’s what motherhood is about—this small piece of hope that we carry around with us like a pebble.
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A rich spread of rainbow-colored fresh foods — July/August 2025

With this issue of Literary Mama, we all keep on—reading and writing and coming together at this site. I hope you choose everything on offer, and that you find something wonderful.
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Torn strips of black and white printed text — May/June 2025

*Literary Mama* shows me my Frankenstein again and again—not cruelly or even intentionally, but by allowing me access to the kaleidoscopic moments of so many other mothers.
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Dried orange slices hanging on strings - Photo by Tanja Tepavac via Unsplash — March/April 2025

I’d like to time-hop, jump forward a little and come back with the insight needed to do all of this mothering stuff right and better embrace the messiness of now.
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January/February 2025

I didn’t fully realize the power of this journal until everyone thought it was gone for good.
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Cross-section of nautilus spiral shell - Photo by Giulia May via Unsplash — January/February 2024

As you read the January/February 2024 issue, I hope you reflect on your personal transitions and evolutions as writers and mothers, evaluating how far you’ve come and what you hope to learn as you continue writing and mothering. It’s a humbling journey, certainly, but one that comes with extraordinary and lasting life lessons.
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silhouette of bare trees with lights during nighttime — December 2023 Poetry

Regular readers of *Literary Mama* will know that a typical issue includes only eight to ten poems. This special issue features 31 poems that touched us with their beauty, their honesty, or their unique approach to storytelling through verse. Consider them our December gift to you.
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Purple chrysanthemums - Photo by Josephine Baron via Unsplash — November/December 2023

For the past 20 years, staff members have treated writers with kindness and respect, regardless of where they were on their writing journey. At *Literary Mama*, we love all mama writers and want them to shine. And shine they do.
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Photo of chocolate cake missing a piece - Jacob Schwartz via Unsplash — September/October 2023

Twenty years ago, a staff of volunteers began a magazine that insisted, against all literary odds, that the stories of mothers mattered. Now, narratives about motherhood are having a moment, in no small part because we have stubbornly inhabited the spaces of literature.
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a field of orange flowers with a blue sky in the background - Photo by Alexandra via Unsplash — July/August 2023

*Literary Mama* offers an encouraging reminder that our identities—as parents, as writers, as readers, as local or global contributors of whatever sort—aren’t predicated on incessant activity, or a checklist of accomplishments, or a certain definition of worthiness. Whatever this season is like for you, we hope you’ll find something heartening here to see you through to the next.
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