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This Mama Is Lit! episodes
- Jessica Strawser: Starting Over in Every Way Possible
Jessica Strawser chats with Holly Rizzuto Palker and Brianna Avenia-Tapper about her newest book, The Last Caretaker. She talks about how her children inspire her writing, how her characters always try to do the right thing, domestic violence and more.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com24 min - Erika Hayasaki: Fourth wall journalism
Amanda Fields and Brianna Avenia-Tapper talk with Erika Hayasaki: journalist, professor, and author of SOMEWHERE SISTERS: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family. SOMEWHERE SISTERS was named an NPR Best Book of the Year, and received a Nautilus Book Award in Journalism and Investigative Reporting, honoring books about social and environmental justice.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com31 min - Tiffanie Drayton: Demon slayer, here we come
Tiffanie Drayton sits in the Literary Mama guest chair with Amanda Fields, Holly Rizzuto Palker, and Brianna Avenia-Tapper to discuss her memoir Black American Refugee, abusive relationships, racism and inequity, and the horrifying landscape of the U.S. family court system.
Episode call-outs:
* Custody Peace: Website, X/Twitter
* Tiffanie Drayton: X/Twitter
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com33 min - Estelle Erasmus: New Ways of Being Me
Holly Rizzuto Palker and Brianna Avenia-Tapper chat with author, Estelle Erasmus, about her book Writing That Gets Noticed, about being a midlife mom, and about how she re-invented herself during motherhood.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com28 min - Elizabeth Farfán-Santos: Remembering resiliency
Amanda Fields, Holly Rizzuto Palker, and Brianna Avenia-Tapper talk with Elizabeth Farfán-Santos, a Chicana author and medical anthropologist. Her newest book, Undocumented Motherhood: Conversations on Love, Trauma, and Border Crossing, is a hybrid ethnography, memoir, and testimonio centered on the courageous journey of a Mexican mother fighting for health and educational services for her hearing-impaired daughter.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com30 min - Kelly McMasters: Pretend culture
Amanda Fields and Brianna Avenia-Tapper sit down with author Kelly McMasters to discuss divorce, honesty, and moms in the dating world. Kelly is the author of The Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays and Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town.
Margo Steines talked with Kelly for Literary Mama in the January/February 2024 issue, and Kelly also appeared in the January/February 2023 issue with co-editor Margot Kahn to discuss their newly released essay anthology, Wanting: Women Writing About Desire.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com26 min - Margo Steines: Living as a vessel of care
Brianna Avenia-Tapper and Amanda Fields talk with Margo Steines: author, mother, freelance writer, and writing coach. Margo’s memoir, Brutalities: A Love Story, is out now.
Literary Mama also talked with Margo for the November/December 2023 issue in “I Like When It’s Messy: A Conversation with Margo Steines.”
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com25 min - Corie Adjmi: On marrying and mothering young
Literary Mama talks to best-selling author Corie Adjmi about her novel The Marriage Box, navigating her Jewish Syrian heritage and community, and mothering through the years.
Literary Mama also talked with Corie in the November/December 2023 issue.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com21 min - Yael Goldstein-Love: What even is normal?
The Literary Mama crew talks to author and researcher Yael Goldstein-Love about the anxiety and guilt of motherhood, the postpartum experience, and the idea of normalcy.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com25 min - Alyssa Ages: Betrayal of the body
Holly Rizzuto Palker and Brianna Avenia-Tapper talk with Alyssa Ages. Ages is a mom, strongman competitor, endurance athlete, and freelance writer. Her debut book, Secrets of Giants: A Journey to Uncover the True Meaning of Strength, was released in 2023.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com20 min
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