ICYMI: @janefriedman.com chats with @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social and @ajfields.bsky.social about The Business of Being a Writer, her choice not to have children, her relationship with her mother, and more.

"The journalism crisis...is something that I think about on a daily basis because there is so much information that needs to get out there in the right way." - @sandrachw.bsky.social, on This Mama Is Lit!, w @evalangston.bsky.social @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social @ajfields.bsky.social

"I think we need major structural changes in order for women not to blame themselves." Our latest episode of This Mama Is Lit! features Judith Smith, author of Difficult: Mothering Challenging Adult Children Through Conflict and Change. @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social @evalangston.bsky.social

"What I love about poetry is that you don’t need to answer the question." Read @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social's profile of @wendywisner.bsky.social, author of The New Life: Poems, in our March/April issue:

Thank you to @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social for interviewing me for the @literarymama.bsky.social profile series. I loved talking about my journey as both a freelance writer covering parenting and poet writing about motherhood. literarymama.com/articles/dep...

New episode of This Mama is Lit @literarymama.bsky.social podcast! @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social and @ajfields.bsky.social chat w/ Nancy Johnson, author of People of Means, about ancestral pride, Black excellence & social reckoning in each, every moment in time. open.substack.com/pub/literary...

The 2025 ASJA Conference is in New York City and features amazing keynote speakers like Versha Sharma, Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue. In this video, Sharma talks about her journey in journalism with Tamron Hall. To register for the conference, visit asja.org.

Newest episode of THIS MAMA IS LIT! Powerful conversation with poet Nicole Cooley about climate crisis, body image, and grief. open.substack.com/pub/literary... @literarymama.bsky.social @ajfields.bsky.social @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social

Our first episode was with the inimitable @profsue123.bsky.social. @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social, Brianna Avenia-Tapper, & @ajfields.bsky.social talk with Susan Shapiro about infertility, publishing, & Sergeant Aquilino Gonell's American Shield. literarymama.substack.com/p/did-i-marr...

When it comes to motherhood, "There is no right. There are just various degrees of 'I hope this isn't that wrong.'" @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social & @ajfields.bsky.social talk w @katefeiffer.bsky.social , author of Morning Pages, a play & a novel in one. literarymama.substack.com/p/kate-feiff...

"I carried this anxiety in an attenuated form for years." The hilarious, wise Catherine Newman, author of Sandwich, talks w @ajfields.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social about caring for aging parents & writing the "all-of-it-ness" of family. literarymama.substack.com/p/catherine-...

"When my kids are with their dad, I feel like the worst mother on the planet...it remains the worst feeling." Jacinda Townsend, author of Mother Country, talks with Brianna Avenia-Tapper, @ajfields.bsky.social, & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social literarymama.substack.com/p/jacinda-to...

"She sent me a letter disowning me but saying she would still pay for my braces." @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social & @ajfields.bsky.social talk with @janefriedman.com, author of The Business of Being a Writer, on the desire to not have children. literarymama.substack.com/p/jane-fried...

"And the fear made the moments of tenderness feel that much more tender." @kellysundberg.bsky.social, author of Goodbye, Sweet Girl & The Answer is in the Wound (forthcoming), talks with @ajfields.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social literarymama.substack.com/p/kelly-sund... .

"Listening, hearing, but not telling them what to do all the time is much better for children." - @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social & @evalangston.bsky.social talk with Tovah Klein, author of Raising Resilience, on the latest episode of This Mama Is Lit! open.substack.com/pub/literary...

Check out the latest episode of This Mama is Lit! @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social and I talk to Dr. Tovah Klein about how to raise resilient kids in uncertain times. #writingcommunity #parenting

"What is violence really about, and what would a woman like me fight and die for?" @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social, @ajfields.bsky.social, & Brianna Avenia-Tapper talk with @judithlindbergh.bsky.social, author of Akmaral, a novel about an ancient matriarchal tribe. open.substack.com/pub/literary...

On the latest episode of This Mama Is Lit!, Eva Langston and @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social talk with @ktnguyenauthor.bsky.social about how her mental health experiences and love of thrillers inspired her debut novel. open.substack.com/pub/literary...

"I did not enjoy, like, being a wife." - We loved talking about protest, sexuality, and middle age with the wonderful Carley Moore, author of Heart Less, Panpocalypse, and The Not Wives. @ajfields.bsky.social @evalangston.bsky.social @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/literary...

Hi! Writer and author here. I’ve heard rumblings so I’m trying to learn how this works in lieu of Twitter. Is there a pitch call hashtag? Good writing hashtags? Advice appreciated as the thought of another new social media platform is daunting. Thx. #writingcommunity #amwriting #journorequests