Literary Mama writing about the many faces of motherhood
Fiction
2019
November 2019 Powder Blue
Busy Being Born
Mama’s Little Helper
September 2019 Gut Roiling
June 2019 Self Portrait With Dad
May 2019 Back to Spring
April 2019 Loss
February 2019 Masks
Amid the Blur
January 2019 Disagree to Disagree
Before She Goes
2018
December 2018 Letdown
Permission Slipped
November 2018 Love, Mom
The Long Brew
October 2018 Baby Steps
Lost
September 2018 Cake Pops
Geniuses All
June 2018 Winning
A Nest, A Rock, A Bird
May 2018 Blue
April 2018 Snowy Sky
March 2018 Carriage
February 2018 The Eastern Wall
January 2018 In Utero
Deep Plum Nail Polish
2017
December 2017 This Last Thread
November 2017 Pruning
Paper Bouquets
October 2017 A Listening Walk
My Mother’s Shoes
September 2017 The Architect
June 2017 Jesús Saved Us
May 2017 After Melina
April 2017 Letting Loose the Reins
March 2017 Anna’s Blanket
February 2017 Going South
January 2017 Go Fish
2016
December 2016 When, Not If
November 2016 Signs Frank Missed
October 2016 So Much Water
September 2016 The Dream House
June 2016 This Place We’ve Never Been
May 2016 Life, After Death
April 2016 Rhonda’s Fitbit Field Notes
March 2016 A Song Like Aguanile
February 2016 Rebellion
January 2016 Standstill
2015
December 2015 Dear Quiche, I’d Like an Apology
November 2015 Finding Clothes
October 2015 Tulips
September 2015 Driving Under the Influence
June 2015 Heroes on the Ceiling
Imperfect Place
May 2015 Ferry Findings
April 2015 In Her Dreams
March 2015 Your Charms and Everything Beside
February 2015 Meat
January 2015 Boxcar
2014
December 2014 Plenty of Air
November 2014 What Would Tami Do?
October 2014 Papier-Mâché
September 2014 The Cradle of Civilization
Friction
August 2014 Swimming
July 2014 Bambino
June 2014 Father’s Day Favorites
May 2014 After Europe
April 2014 Mountain
March 2014 Winged Petasos
February 2014 The Kismet of Mumtaz
January 2014 Shopping Cart
2013
December 2013 Forward
November 2013 Homecoming
October 2013 Love and Punishment at the Clerk of the County Courts Office
The Moodie-Traill Correspondence
September 2013 Cupcakes in Wonderland
August 2013 Trash/Treasure
It’s a Pleasure
July 2013 The Blue Bird
Incarnation
June 2013 Assorted
May 2013 Safety Net
Simple Addition
Morning Star
April 2013 Quantum
March 2013 Bloom
February 2013 All My Wrongs
Blood Stories
34 Minutes
January 2013 Sympathetic Creatures
2012
December 2012 A Winding Silver Path
Cat’s Eye
November 2012 Spring Break
October 2012 Dégagé
Francesca
September 2012 Kmart
July 2012 The New Country
June 2012 The Trunk
My Word
Hungry to Eat
May 2012 Lullaby
April 2012 Unleashed
March 2012 Flight
February 2012 The Drop
January 2012 Your Mother’s Boy
2011
December 2011 Eight Women Out
Name Finding
November 2011 Keeping Track of Insects
October 2011 A Soft Wife
October 2011 Astrid
Going Somewhere
September 2011 No Thank You
August 2011 Haunting the Alley
July 2011 Playing Cicada
May 2011 Fisher
May 2011 My Other Mother is a Ferrari
The Kiss
March 2011 Live Another Year
March 2011 Creosote Women
February 2011 Learning the Language
January 2011 Under the Oak
2010
December 2010 Kiddie Pool
November 2010 Tsantsa
Letter to John, Dispatcher, California Highway Patrol
October 2010 Birthday Gifts
Fault Lines
September 2010 Now, Virginia
August 2010 Falling to Earth
July 2010 Christmas in Phuket
June 2010 There Are No Blue Foods in Nature
Sand Hills
June 2010 Hairpin
Compatible with Life
May 2010 Gigi Hartzheim’s College Application Personal Statement
April 2010 Green
March 2010 David
February 2010 Allison Trainor is Talking to Strangers, 23 minutes ago
January 2010 Tegucigalpa
2009
November 2009 Falling From Ridge Street
October 2009 O Canada
Choked
September 2009 The Running
August 2009 Places to See in Your Lifetime
July 2009 My Address
June 2009 He Waits Helplessly
May 2009 Seedling
Attic City and Points South
Kicky Feet
April 2009 Storm
Golden
March 2009 Close to the Air
I Know a Place in South Dakota Where I Can Bury Your Body
February 2009 Tom
January 2009 Worth
2008
December 2008 Spin
The Swimming Pool and the Sea
November 2008 At Second Sight
October 2008 Measuring Rain
Grace
September 2008 Lost Again
My Mother Looks Like Sylvia Plath
August 2008 Crossing
July 2008 Like Water Spilling Through Her Fingers
Emily, Leaving
June 2008 Condensation Hearts
The Mattress King
May 2008 You’re Next
Broken Mug
April 2008 What She Needs
Garage Sale
March 2008 Bubbles
February 2008 A Thistle Harvest
I Am Mommy
January 2008 Alpha Mom
Left Side
2007
December 2007 An Outing for Betty
Ride the Tortoise
First Stop
November 2007 The Rain
November 2007 Bundle of Love
October 2007 Slipping
The Season of Tiny Yellow Leaves
Hope
September 2007 Meiosis
Blue
Winning My Peace
The Memo
August 2007 The Journey Home
Stillness
Epiphany
June 2007 There He Is
June 2007 The Lesson
Sand in her Shoes
June 2007 I Try to Behave Myself
May 2007 Family Vacation
May 2007 Prom Night
May 2007 Take Care
Hearing Is Believing
April 2007 Not His Ordinary Children
April 2007 Village Market
April 2007 Catalog
The Four Questions
Your Mama’s a Llama
February 2007 Civil Ceremonies
How to Be a Stepmother
February 2007 The New American Family Cookbook
January 2007 Caring for Lily
The Way Houdini Died
Au Pair in Alabama, or The Legend of the Dog-Killer
You Are Here
2006
December 2006 50/50
November 2006 She Makes A Small Sound
November 2006 The Contents of His Pocket
October 2006 Apparent Suicide: A Postpartum Fairy Tale
Fingerprints
Milk
Perilous
September 2006 Skin the Color of Canned Peaches
September 2006 Bathroom Floor
The Velocity of Babies
Tight Jeans
August 2006 Conversation & Park
August 2006 If I Were
July 2006 Alice
June 2006 Model Mother
Open Adoption
Excerpt from Paris Smells Like Rotten Eggs
June 2006 Pointed Lessons
Plumbing Problems: A Love Story
Sluggers
May 2006 Mom vs. Black Death
The Cost of Living
March 2006 Holiday
March 2006 Tasseomancy
The Children’s Park
March 2006 Don’t
March 2006 The Ballet Recital
Postpartum Exile
January 2006 The Assembly of Godwomen
Tough Love
January 2006 Between
The Creature Feature
2005
November 2005 A Long Time
November 2005 Home, I Hope
October 2005 Lenny, My Poet, and I
Erev Mother’s Day
September 2005 San Andreas
September 2005 The Hero of Queens Boulevard
Embarrassment of Riches
September 2005 Day Care Lady
August 2005 Let Down
Boomerang
The Bread Man
July 2005 LIVE PURE, LIVE TRUE
Past the Bone
June 2005 Child Protection
Bless the Child
Snake Eyes
April 2005 Mitzraim (Means Tight Spaces, the Rabbi Said)
April 2005 Sun Salute
Baby Girl Adams
The Could Have Bin
April 2005 Delicate Impressions
March 2005 We Danced Without Strings
February 2005 Transition
February 2005 Me, You, and Eve
January 2005 In the Herd of the Elephants
January 2005 What Kind of Mother
January 2005 The Soccer Banner
2004
December 2004 Behind the Pretty Pictures
Mrs. Allendale
December 2004 A Brief Visit
November 2004 Alone With Cooper
Morning Sickness
Live Band
November 2004 Reclamation
November 2004 The River
October 2004 Keeping House
October 2004 Urges
The Dogs of Sayulita
Intimate Landscape
Knife Trick
The Superstitious Route
August 2004 Diapers, Dishes, and Demons
August 2004 Memphis, Tennessee
July 2004 Stay With Me
Bloodlines
July 2004 Eleven
June 2004 How to Give Birth
June 2004 Oh Please, Stay!
Getting a Girl
June 2004 Dad, In Red
May 2004 Wild, Wild Horses
Body Language
Four
April 2004 Gullwing
The Pirate Queen
To See the World in a Grain of Sand
April 2004 Finding the Way
Call Your Mother
March 2004 Surrounded by Crazies
Grounding
March 2004 The Drift
March 2004 The Drift, Part II
February 2004 Effects
February 2004 What’s Coming to You
The Girl at the Side of the Road
January 2004 Chocolate
January 2004 Withstanding
Baby Talk
2003
December 2003 Hiding Out
Gan
November 2003 Union
Union, Part ll
November 2003 The Habits of Her Face
Two Excerpts From BY HEART
Camping
October 2003 Eyes in the Back of Her Head
Abandoning Nature
Not Deer This Time: A Story in 3 Voices
October 2003 Ordinary Time
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