Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother's Day! Spring is finally here. The tulips and magnolia trees are blooming and New York City feels like it’s buzzing. In Central Park, musicians are playing outside and the rowboats are out. The pandemic is still with us, but the world is shifting. We’re dusting off our open-toed shoes, and thinking about Mother’s Day this Sunday.

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For many writers, Mother’s Day is a complicated holiday. We have all mothered or been mothered, expertly and in deeply flawed ways. Whether you are a mother, yearn for your mother, dream of mothering or are trying to reconcile your feelings about motherhood, take a moment this Sunday and mother yourself. Walk outside, look at a beautiful flower. Let’s celebrate the women in our lives who have deeply loved and nurtured us—our friends and fellow writers, our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and sisters.

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👇 Read a great story by a woman this month 👇

Hala Alyan, The Arsonists’ City (fiction, NYT excerpt), The Arsonists’ City (fiction, Lit Hub excerpt), The Arsonists’City (novel)

Margaret Atwood, Stone Mattress (fiction)

Lauren Groff, The Wind (fiction)

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, Waking Up From the American Dream (non-fiction)

Need a gift for Mom?

Judith Rabinor’s The Girl in the Red Boots: Making Peace with My Mother, was published in early May by SheWrites Press. Judy’s book makes a great Mother’s Day present and Shakespeare would love it if you purchased a copy from them.

BTW: We’re doing a Q&A with Judy on May 12. You don’t want to miss it. Make sure you register here.

Check out our Students Published Pieces!

Sarah Gundle, Wishbone: An angry teenager, a pandemic, and how a buy-nothing group helped us write a new story (Visible)

Leslie Dannin Rosenthal, This Daily Jewish Practice Became an Unexpected Comfort During Coronavirus (Kveller)

Jo Varnish, A Stepmother’s Love: A Story of Caring, Sharing and Misplaced Shame (The Girlfriend)