Archive - Write Like a Mother

"So Many Eras Do Really Want to Think They Invented Desire"

A Conversation with Marion Turner

9 hrs ago •

June 2025

"I Just Laugh at Having Two Ex-Husbands"

A Conversation with Laura Lippman

Jun 16 •

April 2025

"I Had to Come to Terms With the Fact That Kids Are Interesting"

A Conversation with Liana Finck and Sarah Manguso

Apr 29 •

March 2025

"Motherhood Gave Me The Gift of Desperation"

A Conversation with Nicole Graev Lipson

Mar 5 •

January 2025

"It Felt Like I Was Just Not Ever Going to Finish It"

A Conversation with Shannon Sanders

Jan 8 •

October 2024

"Who, Exactly, Do I Rebel Against?"

A Conversation with Amanda Montei

Oct 16, 2024 •

August 2024

"My Identity Was Completely Lost"

A Conversation with Sarah Seltzer

Aug 7, 2024 •

July 2024

"My God, I Was Never Going To Be A Mother"

A Conversation with Sarah Manguso

Jul 23, 2024 •

May 2024

"Is This The Best Use of My Time?"

A Conversation with Catherine Ricketts

May 12, 2024 •

April 2024

"I Did It by Giving Up"

A Conversation with Steve Almond

Apr 9, 2024 •

February 2024

"You Don't Have to Write an Essay About Your Marriage and Your Divorce"

A Conversation with Merve Emre

Feb 14, 2024 •

January 2024

"Once I Got Out, I Realized All the Things I Wasn't Saying"

A Conversation with Lyz Lenz

Jan 31, 2024 •

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