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Books for Parents

Book Review: Waiting for the Call: From Preacher’s Daughter to Lesbian Mom

Originally published in Bay Windows, April 19, 2007. When I first read the title of Waiting for the Call: From Preacher’s Daughter to Lesbian Mom, I expected the tale of a woman rejecting her religious upbringing and denouncing her parents as she came out. Jacqueline Taylor’s memoir is thankfully not as simple as that. It […]

A Poem for National Poetry Month

It’s National Poetry Month. (Thanks, Robin!) I wanted, therefore, to share part of a poem by Adrienne Rich that captures a little of my philosophy about blogging: North American Time I When my dreams showed signs of becoming politically correct no unruly images escaping beyond border when walking in the street I found my themes

A Final Quote for Women’s History Month

From the incomparable Virginia Woolf: I went, therefore, to the shelf where the histories stand and took down one of the latest, Professor Trevelyan’s HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Once more I looked up Women, found ‘position of’ and turned to the pages indicated. . . . A very queer, composite being thus emerges. Imaginatively she is

Another Quote for Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month is coming to a close, but I wanted to make sure I included the poem “Heroines” by poet and lesbian icon Adrienne Rich in my series of quotes about women and history. I am cutting here for purposes of length and copyright, but that is doing some injustice to Rich’s work. I

Confessions of the Other Mother Finalist for Lambda Literary Award

Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All, a collection of essays exploring the many facets of non-biological parenthood, is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Anthology category. Lesbian-parent bloggers Robin Reagler and Polly Pagenhart are among the contributors. Congratulations to them, editor Harlyn Aizley, and the rest of the

Call for Submissions: Visible: A Femmethology

Passing along this call for essays. Thought some of my readers might want to approach this from the perspective of a lesbian mom. VISIBLE: A FEMMETHOLOGY an anthology of writing on queer femme identity Editor: Maria Angeline Publisher: Merge Press Submissions Deadline: March 15, 2007 Anticipated Publication Date: Spring 2008 Femmes are still invisible. Society

Single Moms: Your Stories Sought for Publication

Passing along another request from the mailbag: Single Moms: Let Your Voices Be Heard! The editor of the bestselling Cup of Comfort book series (Adams Media) seeks slice-of-life true stories that read like good fiction and that both move and entertain readers. For publication in an anthology honoring single mothers—whose trials and triumphs too often

Call for Papers on Motherhood and Blogging

I was asked to pass along the following announcement: Demeter Press is seeking submissions for the edited collection: Mothering and Blogging: Practice and Theory Deadline for Abstracts: March 1, 2007 Publication Date: Spring 2008 Editors: May Friedman, Shana L. Calixte Critical mothering and writing about motherhood have, in the last few years, begun to engage

Today Show Hosts Author of “Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice”

Last fall, I reviewed the excellent new book Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family by sociologist Rosanna Hertz. Dr. Hertz will be on the Today show tomorrow, January 15, between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Eastern. If you are interested in how the

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