@WritingMothers

How does motherhood impact creativity? This Arts Council-funded project talks about the creation of art and babies - & asks what happens when women do both.

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C.J. Cooke@CJessCooke18 Dec 2017
Oh wow - Writing Motherhood is @WalesArtsReview's BOOK OF THE YEAR!!! walesartsreview.org/welsh-bo…
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Liz Fraser@lizfraser125 Nov 2019
Just went up to a lady with not one but TWO newborns strapped to her chest in a baby sling. ‘They’re beautiful. Good on you’, I said, nodding my admiration. She looked at me, appalled. I looked at her babies again. They were breasts. Just two, massive breasts. Great.
A woman's greatest enemy? A lack of time to themselves | Brigid Schulte theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Love this essay/article by @katie_gutz "Writing During Naptime, a Parent's Practice," which is really about how #motherhood makes us better #writers & also, the precarious time between wakefulness & #sleep & #creativity. Shout out to @fine_juli lithub.com/writing-during-na… @lithub

Writing During Naptime, a Parent’s Practice

I spent my twenties in no rush to get pregnant. I had parlayed my college internship at People magazine into a job, and when our bureau closed, I hustled to make a freelance income. I worked while …

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I would be SUPER #happy if you guys checked out this link for me and gave it some #love! It's about postpartum #depression and #writing <3 Help me share a little bit about what so many mothers go through and #EndTheStigma ! #amwriting #poetrycommunity elephantjournal.com/2019/06/…
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MothershipWriters@MothershipWrite5 Jul 2019
Seven sessions in (21 workshops) and the novelty of seeing mums writing alongside their babies hasn’t worn off. I just love it 😍 Today at @windcityfarm 💖✍️ #ACEsupported
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Helen Calcutt@HelenCalcutt11 Jun 2019
How do we write our grief? Our trauma? Our pain? Whether it's grief from divorce, the loss of a loved one, or the trials of #motherhood - let's explore them together... poetryschool.com/courses/fre…
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Happy Tuesday folks. Julia Alvarez – Woman's Work | Genius genius.com/Julia-alvarez-wom…

Julia Alvarez – Woman's Work

Who says a woman's work isn't high art? / She'd challenge as she scrubbed the bathroom tiles. / Keep house as if the address were your heart. / We'd clean the whole upstairs before

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C.J. Cooke@CJessCooke4 May 2019
Quick survey for a research bid I'm compiling. If you ever breastfed and found it painful, had you been pre-warned that it might hurt and/or be difficult? Please RT too. Comments/DMs welcome if you need to expand.
42%Yes, expected this
48%No, was shocked it hurt
10%Wasn't painful
354 votes • Final results
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Rebecca Tamás@RebTamas27 Apr 2019
Motherhood, suffering, capitalist cruelty - this is great conversation between Kate Zambreno and Sarah Manguso. theparisreview.org/blog/2019…

Writing Postpartum: A Conversation between Kate Zambreno and Sarah Manguso by Sarah Manguso

April 24, 2019 – “I began really writing again once I became a mother, and I think this is parallel to a sudden intense fear of death and renewed grief.”

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Thank you to Jacqueline Wilson did recommending WRITING MOTHERHOOD as a ‘marvellous’ book!! 🔥🙌💥 theguardian.com/books/2019/a…

Book clinic: which books will make me a better parent of an adopted teenage girl?

Jacqueline Wilson recommends some titles whose mothers, real and fictional, are endearingly flawed

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Bea Colley@beacolley15 Apr 2019
We are so excited to announce that Maggie Nelson is coming to @southbankcentre in July. It's a dream event for literature lovers & @LaraFeigel is the perfect chair to draw out Maggie's incredible mind!
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The depressing truth about female creativity and the pram in the hallway | Fiona Sturges theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The depressing truth about female creativity and the pram in the hallway | Fiona Sturges

Sweeping the subject of working mothers under the carpet only implies there isn’t a problem, says freelance writer Fiona Sturges

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Zoë Brigley@ZoeBrigley12 Mar 2019
Still so happy to have contributed to this BBC Radio 4 show about Welsh women ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥
Bloodaxe Books@BloodaxeBooks12 Mar 2019
#WelshLadies was rebroadcast on @BBCRadioWales 22/2. With contributions at 12.18 & 18.58 from US-based Welsh poet @ZoeBrigley, who read from her new collection Hand & Skull (out May). #WelshLadies was @smc19's @BBCSounds #bbcpick on Pick of the Week. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001mt…

BBC Radio Wales - Welsh Ladies

Mab Jones looks at the image of the Welsh lady in traditional costume.

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C.L. Taylor@callytaylor8 Mar 2019
To anyone writing a book - I'm 23,000 words into the first draft of my 11th book. I've changed the title 4x, rewritten the opening 3x, changed my mind about the ending half a dozen times & doubted whether I can make this work more times than you know. #totallynormal #amwriting
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The Paris Review
@parisreview20 Aug 2018
Are writing and motherhood both a form of madness? theparisreview.org/blog/2018…

One-Question Interview: Shruti Swamy by The Paris Review

August 20, 2018 – Shruti Swamy’s story in the Summer issue, “A House Is a Body,” blazes with the heat of a California wildfire. A mother who has been warned by firefighters

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So, is motherhood different from parenting? I’m writing an article and I’d really like to know your thoughts on the differentiation between the two if there is any.
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I am looking for participants for my PhD study:Navigating #motherhood & #headship in #English #secondary state funded schools! Interested? Know someone? Retweet & contact me via twitter or on j.horton.14@ucl.ac.uk
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Emylia Hall@EmyliaHall23 Feb 2019
Hey Twitter hive mind. Ahead of my @MothershipWrite workshops I’m putting together a list of great writing on motherhood - fiction, poetry, memoir. Any suggestions? What’s unmissable? Help appreciated! X
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