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Engineering Motherhood
October 4th, 2009Jennifer Eyre White was another writer on our wish list. Elrena and I both loved her very funny Literary Mama column, Degrees of Freedom, and I had been lucky enough to meet her a few times and exchange work with her in a small writing group. But we had to talk her into contributing, not [...]
Who Does She Think She Is? DVD discount!
October 2nd, 2009Who Does She Think She Is?, the terrific documentary about women trying to combine motherhood and artistic work, is coming out on DVD! I wrote about the film last year in my Mama at the Movies column. Here’s an excerpt:
I hadn’t really thought about the constraints of space and materials that visual artists work with [...]
Recovering Academic
September 4th, 2009When Elrena and I first began talking about Mama, PhD, we quickly developed a wish list of contributors, and Jennifer Margulis’ name was on both our lists. We knew she had a PhD; we knew she had a thriving freelance writing and editing career. We didn’t know how she got from one to the other. [...]
Enter to win a copy of Mama, PhD!
August 26th, 2009My friend and fellow mama-writer, one of the most savvy internet book marketing women I know, Christina Katz, is once again running her Writer Mama Back-to-School Giveaway where she gives away one book or magazine subscription every day in September. On September 25th, I’m delighted that Mama, PhD will be included in a trio [...]
Happy Birthday, Mama, PhD!
August 24th, 2009To celebrate our first year in print and our third printing, we’ll be visiting with our contributors and publishing brief reports from them about life since the book came out. Check back regularly for updates!
Literary Mama Review
March 4th, 2009Esther Wyss-Flamm has reviewed Mama, PhD for Literary Mama; here’s an excerpt:
My first reaction to Mama, PhD, a provocative collection of 35 personal essays and commentaries by 42 women about motherhood and academic life, was a powerful desire to do just what I’ve begun to do here: tell my own story. Edited by [...]
Call for Submissions: Dads in Academia
February 23rd, 2009The editors of Dads in Academia: Male Voices In and Out of the Ivory Tower invite contributions for an interdisciplinary collection of creative nonfiction essays on the rewards and challenges of being both a father and an academic. Much recent discussion about the juxtaposition of parenthood and the academy has focused on the difficulties [...]
The Politics of Reproduction: New Technologies of Life
February 19th, 2009Barnard Center for Research on Women is hosting a conference February 28 entitled “The Politics of Reproduction: New Technologies of Life,” which will take up many of the questions that surround the increasing use of assisted reproductive technologies and adoption to build families. Propelled by changes in familial form, such as lesbian, gay, and [...]
The MotherTalk Mama, PhD Blog Tour Wrap-Up
September 24th, 2008The MotherTalk bloggers have wrapped up their reviews of Mama, PhD, and I want to thank all of them for reading the book and spreading the word! Here are excerpts from the reviews; follow the links to read the complete post.
“Mama, PhD is not just a shoulder to cry on for readers grappling with what [...]
Mama, PhD: The T-Shirt! and the hat! and the bag!
June 13th, 2008Get your Mama, PhD shwag here at Cafe Press and let the world know you’ve got it going on , body and brain.
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