“On the eve of our almost baby, baby in waiting, baby to come, baby pending, I have no calm in me, not waiting able, though I wait and wait and wait.” New prose poetry by Joanna Clapps Herman ⬇️

“We accept that some men cut and run from parenting—even as we judge them for it—so why is it inconceivable that a woman might choose—with care and intention, and without the luxury of avoidance that sperm donors have—to have someone else raise their children?” - @cherylekleinla.bsky.social

“Later we drove to the beach to celebrate his former recovery house friends’ sobriety dates. There he surprised me by taking a one-day chip.” New at MUTHA: a pair of poems from Carla Rachel Sameth. 🔗

“Her brain was on fire with the hallucinations…” New from Brittany Miles. #mentalhealth

“I knew that tic tic tic had to depart from the traditional book form, not only because I didn’t want to break my long lines (and I really didn’t want to do that!) but because I felt that the book’s format had to embody the continuum of time.” 🔗 ⬇️

Hey y'all. My latest with @muthamagazine.bsky.social take a look: www.muthamagazine.com/2025/11/feral/

"In a bowl hollow as your heart, sift together dry ingredients. Watch what once was familiar spread and scatter until it becomes something else. Pinpricks of essence in a sea of white tedium. Set it aside and keep going." @muthamagazine.bsky.social www.muthamagazine.com/2021/10/how-...

“I’ve since wondered: Is that when Duke first spotted me? Is that why he pursued my mom?” New from Kayte Young.

One of @melodyglenn.bsky.social’s major hopes for her book MOTHER OF METHADONE is that it leads to policy change that increases access to methadone and #HarmReduction and prioritizes treatment over incarceration. @muthamagazine.bsky.social

“I have gripped the doorknob closed with white knuckles against a raging child on the other side, and I have allowed the raging child in me to whisk up a whirling tornado of pain, sweeping up everything in its path.” New from Arianne MacBean’s TOUGH SH!T: THE ANGRY WOMAN’S GUIDE TO EMBODYING CHANGE

“The real horror comes not from the specter of witches among us, but from the fact that people who can become pregnant have found themselves transported back to the 15th century…” Excerpted from @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social’s GRAPHIC RAGE: COMICS ON GENDER, JUSTICE, AND LIFE AS A WOMAN IN AMERICA. 🌙

“It’s unlikely one-year-olds remember first birthday parties and unclear if they even understand what’s going on…” New from Jocelyn Cox

@melodyglenn.bsky.social was knee-deep in burnout after a decade of medical training. But when she discovered that we had very effective treatments for opioid addiction, she found the purpose her professional life had been lacking. @muthamagazine.bsky.social

Bridey Thelen-Heidel took our conversation to wonderful places. Thanks for the journey 💞

“Every time my research was deemed impractical, every time my emails to supervisors went unanswered, every time my “non-academic” writing was labeled as silly, it was largely because stigma against people who use drugs was spilling over into how addiction medicine itself was perceived.”

New from Pam Wye’s Eisner-nominated story series, WATER I’VE LOVED.

“Sixteen years after losing my mom, I became one.” New at MUTHA: an excerpt from Tiffany Graham Charkosky’s debut memoir LIVING PROOF and an author interview by MUTHA senior editor Cheryl Klein. Check both out at the links below!

“Even though I’ve spent the last twenty years overcompensating for being a calamitous teenager (4.0 in college! Psychotic work ethic in my 20s! My house is spotless! Drama-free friendships! I do pilates and shop at the farmer’s market for fuck’s sake!) I have never shaken the shame…” - Ashley Hudson

“After years of studying teen micro-expressions, I’ve finally been able to narrow down the most common ‘looks’ many teenagers will reveal to a parent at some point in their young lives…” New at MUTHA: Orli Auslander on HOW TO TALK TEEN. #comics #teenagers

My latest essay was accepted by @muthamagazine.bsky.social, a publication that digs into the messy, beautiful realities of motherhood. It’s about love, fear, and watching your child thrive. Grateful to the MUTHA editors for their thoughtful edits and care. Can’t wait to share it soon. 💛 #booksky

“Nine months ago, we were a community ravaged by fire. Today we are a community ravaged by ICE, which has been raiding our neighborhoods, kidnapping new moms and brandishing weapons at passersby.” New from Akina Cox. #eatonfire #ice #mutualaid

“Making literary art right now is a profound act of rebellion, and it’s more important than ever.” Click the link below to read the rest of DW McKinney’s interview with Hannah Grieco, author of FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT. 🔗 #books #interviews www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...

All the love to DW McKinney for her patience and generosity with this interview at @muthamagazine.bsky.social! We met up on a day that I was sleep-deprived and totally unhinged. She somehow made sense of it all! ❤️ www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...

“One thing I learned early on while being a lesbian with a kid is that people are usually trying to figure out how soon after meeting you they can start asking super invasive questions!” Read the rest of Amy Noseworthy’s new comic at the link. www.muthamagazine.com/2025/09/supe...

“Kids dive headfirst into joy without contemplating their worthiness, without guilt, without considering geopolitical context or their most recent bloodwork.” MUTHA editor Cheryl Klein on learning to find magic when you don’t believe in magic. 🔗 #essays #parenting

“How am I supposed to do this? I ask myself. How has anyone ever done this?” New from Jacqueline Berkman. 🔗 #essays #newmoms #parenting

“Mom? I want to say. But I’m afraid to speak” Excerpted from A Silent Treatment by Jeannie Vanasco. Copyright © 2025 by Jeannie Vanasco. Published with permission from Tin House, an imprint of Zando, LLC. 🔗

“Are you thinking of a second child?” a put-together, tall and slim mom of two was questioning me in a low voice, hoping for a confession.” Mathilde Piton on the questions people ask when you have an only child. 🔗 ⬇️ #onlychild

New from Kate Uleman: a comic on grief, loss, and love. #comics

Come hang with us in Brooklyn on Wednesday! Details at the link. 🔗

Going to be roaming @smallpressexpo.bsky.social tomorrow -- super delighted to have an @muthamagazine.bsky.social published comic (by the fab KC Councilor) up for the #Ignatz (so see you Saturday, everyone nominated is already a winner) and super delighted to check out everyone else's stuff

“Jabbing the keyboard, I cursed the magician/host who had yet to log on.” Jennifer Alessi on her attempts at making magic for her daughter. Link below! #essays #parenting

As someone who grew up in Jerry Falwell’s town and lived just three miles from the Liberty Godparent Home during my own teen pregnancy, T.J. Raphael’s Liberty Lost podcast really resonated with me. So grateful for the opportunity to work on this story - please give it a read! #libertylost

“I thought of maternity homes as a thing of the past. I didn’t realize that they actually never went away in certain communities.” New at MUTHA: Editor Jen Bryant speaks with T.J. Raphael about the LIBERTY LOST podcast, coerced adoptions, and modern-day maternity homes in the post-Roe era.

“After five years of trying, my body has found its own share of profound pain, but not the means to host a pregnancy.” New from Adele Failes-Carpenter.

Join MUTHA and Pen Parentis on 9/17 for a night out with parents who are writers/artists across genres that take on taboo topics. Details and tickets at the link in bio! THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT @bkbookfest.bsky.social @penparentis.bsky.social #BKBF

#Ignatz nominations are up and I'm beyond delighted about the nomination of KC Councilor's AN ODE TO PEOPLE from @muthamagazine.bsky.social in best online comic & big congrats to all the worthy noms! www.muthamagazine.com/2025/04/an-o...

New at MUTHA: three comics by Rebecca Kennedy. Link in comments!

“For the more straightforward of the volunteer mothers who asked, “Do you have children?” I had rehearsed the following statement, delivering it in a firm tone: I had a son, but he died several years ago.” Lorie Adair on finding community after losing a child. #grief #loss #love

“You can get your head IN, you can get your head OUT,” I said firmly while my brain’s eye searched for my phone to dial 911. New from Siqi Li.

Join MUTHA Magazine and Pen Parentis for this BKBF Bookend Event featuring writer-parents Rachel Deutsch, Ariel Gore, and Domenica Ruta. Get your tickets at the link in comments! THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2025 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT. #bkbf

“My womb is a hostile place that cannot grow a heart…” New poetry from Chloe Lynn Stehman.

“I knew one thing for sure; I did not want to have a baby.” New at MUTHA: Sarah Shaw shares her abortion story. Link in comments and bio. #protechchoice #abortionstories

“As they go up to the stage to accept awards and diplomas, their families fill the auditorium with cheers. Ten minutes from here, ICE arrests day laborers in a Home Depot parking lot.” New from Cathy Mayer.

“I never had a desire to raise children and was quite happy with my childless life, but when the choice was to become Seth’s guardian or see him end up in foster care, I chose him.” New at MUTHA: Bridey Thelen-Heidel interviews Susan Norman about her new memoir, RISK: A LIFE SAVED BY THE RIVER.

“I thought maybe the kids misunderstood how citizenship works. It turns out I did.” New from MUTHA editor @cherylekleinla.bsky.social

“Although I rejected the assumption that close families must eat together, I couldn’t lose the feeling that I was a failure if we didn’t.” Phoebe Farber on remaking family rituals. 🍴

"Surprise. You’re the tamed ones. You walk in straight lines down sidewalks; talk quietly even when you’re mad or sad; follow other people’s rules as to where you can laugh, shout, sing, dance; follow other people’s schedules. ..Did my stroller interrupt the path of your morning jog?"

“We are always coming of age, and adulthood is also marked by moments where we leave our past self behind and enter into a new sense of identity.” New at MUTHA: Jen Bryant interviews author Marie Rutkoski about creativity, reinvention, and her new novel, ORDINARY LOVE. #queerlovestories 🌈

“A group chat is all that connects us these days, littered with random messages at any hour of the day or night.” New from Michelle Fitzgerald.