Books for Parents

Second Giveaway: “And Baby Makes More”

Here’s the second of three giveaways of And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families. (My full review, which I wrote before I was contacted about a giveaway, is here.) For today’s drawing, I’ll pick the winner randomly from all of the people who leave a comment on this post with […]

Thoughts on Donors

As promised, here are more quotes from And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families. If you didn’t take part in last week’s giveaway of the book, never fear—I’ll be giving away another one this Wednesday, so stop back. (And if you haven’t read the comment thread from the last contest,

We Have a Winner: First “And Baby Makes More” Giveaway

Congratulations to Labelsareforjars, winner of the first And Baby Makes More giveaway.  If you didn’t win, please stop by any of the next two Wednesdays, as I will be giving away two more copies. Let me also say: Wow, the comment thread! Contest or no, it’s worth a read to learn about the many ways

Book Giveaway: “And Baby Makes More”

Yes, that’s right! I’m going to be giving away not one, but three copies of And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families, a terrific collection of essays that belongs on every LGBT parent’s bookshelf. (My full review, which I wrote before I was contacted about a giveaway, is here.) I’ll

New Memoir Highlights Nonbiological Motherhood

(Originally published as my Mombian newspaper column.) Amie Klempnauer Miller and her partner Jane, “fully endowed with the lesbian love of process,” spent 10 of their first 18 years together talking about whether to become parents. Once they did, they spent another two years trying to get Miller pregnant before they decided that Jane might

“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 105

I’m missing Helen, who is away on business this week, but I use it as an excuse to discuss being away from one’s kids. And because Mother’s Day is coming up, I review a bunch of books and videos about LGBT parenting that would make great gifts. (If the embedded video above doesn’t work for

“And Baby Makes More”: LGBT Parenting Essays Now Available in U.S.

And Baby Makes More: Known Donors, Queer Parents, and Our Unexpected Families is a terrific collection of essays that belongs on every LGBT parent’s bookshelf, even if you did not use a known donor. I wrote about it last year when it first came out in Canada, and I’m pleased to say it has now

Read LGBT Books, Win Prizes

I was delighted to discover the new(-ish) blog GLBT Reading, home of the GLBT Challenge 2010. The goal of the site is to encourage people to read books about GLBT topics and/or by GLBT authors. To participate in the Challenge, simply read relevant books (or short stories, poems, or essays), post reviews on your blog,

Guest Post: Writing Social Commentary

Melissa Hart is the author of Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood (Seal, 2009), a memoir of growing up in the 1970’s separated from her mother, who lost custody of her children after she divorced their father and came out as a lesbian. (More about it in my 2009 Review of LGBTQ Family Books.) She also teaches

Gringa Giveaway II

It’s time for the second giveaway of Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood, writer Melissa Hart’s memoir of growing up in the 1970’s separated from her mother, who lost custody of her children after she divorced their father and came out as a lesbian. (More about it in my 2009 Review of LGBTQ Family Books. You can

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