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2019
November 2019
A Conversation with Nicole Stellon O’Donnell
Rhonda Havig
A Conversation with Camille-Yvette Welsch
Christina Consolino
A Conversation with Rebecca Hart Olander
Libby Maxey
A Conversation with Andrea J. Buchanan
Amanda Jaros
September 2019
A Profile of Emily Dickinson
Laurie Paravati Phillips
A Conversation with Cati Porter
Kyra Robinov
June 2019
A Conversation with Lara Lillibridge
Dana Mich
A Conversation with Andrea Jarrell
Rudri Bhatt Patel
May 2019
A Conversation with Fayeza Hasanat
Rudri Bhatt Patel
A Conversation with Sherisa de Groot
Amanda Jaros
April 2019
A Conversation with Rebecca Makkai
Stephanie Vanderslice
A Conversation with Deesha Philyaw
Amanda Jaros
March 2019
A Conversation with Janine Kovac
Marianne Lonsdale
February 2019
A Conversation with Jess Montgomery
Rhonda Havig
January 2019
A Conversation with Caitlin Shetterly
Andrea Lani
2018
December 2018
A Conversation with Alicia Jo Rabins
Camille-Yvette Welsch
A Conversation with Saadia Faruqi
Rudri Bhatt Patel
November 2018
A Conversation with Krystal A. Sital
Christina Consolino
A Conversation with Claudia Hunter Johnson
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
October 2018
A Profile of Susan Glaspell
Laurie Paravati Phillips
A Conversation with Marjorie Maddox
Rhonda Havig
September 2018
A Conversation with Juli Berwald
Eileen McGinnis
A Conversation with KJ Dell’Antonia
Courtney Hanna-McNamara
June 2018
A Conversation with Lisa Romeo
Janet Irvin
A Conversation with Steven Church
Scott Ross
A Conversation with Dustin Parsons
Joe Bueter
May 2018
A Conversation with Rene Denfeld
Alison Lee
A Conversation with Renee Macalino Rutledge
Janet Irvin
April 2018
A Conversation with Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
Jude Walsh
March 2018
A Conversation with Katia D. Ulysse
Christina Consolino
February 2018
A Conversation with Kim Zarins
Libby Maxey
January 2018
A Conversation with Daneen Wardrop
Grace Curtis
A Conversation with Mo Duffy Cobb
Kim Ruff
2017
December 2017
A Conversation with Laura McBride
Marianne Lonsdale
November 2017
A Conversation with Jessica Carew Kraft
Natalie Tomlin
A Conversation with Anna Lefler
Teri Rizvi
October 2017
A Conversation with Margaret Combs
Rhonda Havig
A Conversation with Sandra V. Feder
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
September 2017
A Conversation with Jessica Strawser
Holly Rizzuto Palker
June 2017
A Conversation with Tomas Moniz
Andrea Lani
A Conversation with Geffrey Davis
Camille-Yvette Welsch
A Conversation with Ben Berman
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
May 2017
A Conversation with Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
Rhonda Havig
A Conversation with Stephanie Saldaña
Christina Consolino
A Conversation with Kerry Clare
Ann Cinzar
April 2017
A Profile of Laura Sims
Claudia F. Savage
March 2017
A Conversation with Kristin FitzPatrick
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
A Conversation with Ethel Rohan
Lisa L. Lewis
February 2017
A Conversation with Mary Volmer
Marianne Lonsdale
A Conversation with Tina Parker
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
January 2017
A Conversation with Priscilla Warner
Rudri Bhatt Patel
A Conversation with Karen Craigo
Camille-Yvette Welsch
A Conversation with Sarah Pekkanen
Jude Walsh
2016
December 2016
A Conversation with Eula Biss
Natalie Tomlin
A Conversation with Leslie Lawrence
Katherine D. Stutzman
November 2016
A Conversation with Vanessa Hua
Lisa L. Lewis
A Conversation with Lisa Doyle
Rhonda Havig
October 2016
A Conversation with Julie Lawson Timmer
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
A Conversation with Robin Black
Lisa L. Lewis
September 2016
A Conversation with Rachel M. Harper
Rudri Bhatt Patel
A Conversation with Catherine Newman
Libby Maxey
June 2016
A Father’s Visual Narrative: A Profile of Jesse Burke
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
May 2016
A Conversation with Rebecca Barry
Amanda Jaros
April 2016
A Conversation with Carrie Snyder
Marianne Lonsdale
March 2016
A Conversation with Kate Hilton
Christina Consolino
February 2016
A Profile of Ama Ata Aidoo
Suzanne Kamata
A Conversation with Alison Pick
Marianne Lonsdale
January 2016
A Conversation with Jennifer Robson
Maria Scala
2015
December 2015
A Conversation with Carol Smallwood
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
November 2015
A Conversation with Deborah Jiang-Stein
Melissa Uchiyama
October 2015
A Conversation with Megan Mayhew Bergman
Lisa L. Lewis
September 2015
A Conversation with Candy Schulman
Caryn Mohr
June 2015
A Conversation with BlogHer’s Deputy Editor Rita Arens
Lisa L. Lewis
May 2015
A Conversation with Julie Paul
Christina Consolino
April 2015
A Conversation with Nayomi Munaweera
Marianne Lonsdale
March 2015
A Conversation with Shebooks’ Editorial Director Laura Fraser
Lisa L. Lewis
February 2015
Wanting It
: A Profile of Diana Whitney
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
2014
December 2014
My Imagination on the Outside: A Profile of Kelly Light
Gina Consolino-Barsotti
November 2014
A Conversation with Elizabeth McCracken
Lisa L. Lewis
October 2014
A Conversation with Katrina Kittle
Christina Consolino
August 2014
Mother is an Artist: A Profile of Visual Poet Mirella Bentivoglio
Toti O'Brien
July 2014
A Conversation with Jenn Crowell
Kristen Witucki
June 2014
A Conversation with Suzanne Kamata
Melissa Uchiyama
June 2014
Andrea O’Reilly: Motherhood is NOT a Liability
Rachel Epp Buller
April 2014
‘More Important than Discretion’: The Education of Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Kelly Blewett
March 2014
A Conversation with Brett Hall Jones and Sands Hall
Marianne Lonsdale
February 2014
A Conversation with Aline Soules
Carol Smallwood
January 2014
A Conversation with Jennifer Basye Sander
Marianne Lonsdale
2013
December 2013
A Conversation with Marion Winik
Lisa L. Lewis
November 2013
A Conversation with Kate Hopper
Janine Kovac
October 2013
Re/Interview: A Review of
The Glass Wives
and an Interview with Author Amy Sue Nathan
Christina Gombar
August 2013
A Conversation with Amy Shearn
Kate Hopper
July 2013
A Conversation with Katrina Kenison
Lisa L. Lewis
June 2013
A Conversation with Mystery Writer Art Taylor
Colleen Kearney Rich
May 2013
A Conversation with Room Magazine Editor Lorrie Miller
Katherine J. Barrett
April 2013
A Conversation with Brain, Child Editor-in-Chief Marcelle Soviero
Christina Marie Speed
A Conversation with Anne Enright
Lisa L. Lewis
March 2013
A Conversation with Sarah Gilbert
Carol Smallwood
February 2013
A Conversation with Brooke Warner
Marianne Lonsdale
February 2013
A Conversation with Christine Redman-Waldeyer
Carol Smallwood
2012
December 2012
A Conversation with Natalie Serber
Lisa L. Lewis
November 2012
A Conversation with Jessica O’Dwyer
Marianne Lonsdale
August 2012
A Conversation with Emily Barton
Caroline M. Grant
July 2012
An Interview with Zoe FitzGerald Carter
Lisa L. Lewis
June 2012
An Interview with George Estreich
Lewis Buzbee
May 2012
An Interview with Betty Jane Hegerat
Katherine J. Barrett
May 2012
An Interview with Elizabeth Mosier
Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser
April 2012
An Interview with Mei-Ling Hopgood
Suzanne Kamata
March 2012
A Profile of Ericka Lutz
Rebecca Steinitz
March 2012
Erma Bombeck: Feminist Housewife
Kristen Levithan
February 2012
An Interview with Naseem Rakha
Katherine J. Barrett
January 2012
An Interview with Nina Sankovitch
Lisa Sadikman
2011
December 2011
An Interview with Marisa de Los Santos
Julianna Baggott
October 2011
An Interview with Ellen Meeropol
Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser
August 2011
An Interview with Nicki Richesin
Caroline M. Grant
June 2011
An Interview with Cassie Premo Steele
Amy Hudock
May 2011
An Interview with Clare Vanderpool
Avery Fischer Udagawa
April 2011
An Interview With Sara Gruen: A Reprint
Kristina Riggle
March 2011
An Interview with Kristina Riggle
Suzanne Kamata
March 2011
An Interview with Sonya Huber
Shannon Drury
January 2011
An Interview with Jennifer Rosner
Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser
2010
November 2010
An Interview with Bonnie J. Rough
Kate Hopper
October 2010
An Interview with Dani Shapiro
Teresa Burns Gunther
September 2010
An Interview with Lauren Grodstein
Chris Vogt-Hennessy
August 2010
A Conversation with Susan Estrich
Cynthia Dobbs
June 2010
An Interview With Kathy Briccetti
Suzanne LaFetra
March 2010
An Interview with Jennifer Graf Groneberg
Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser
January 2010
An Interview with Cristina Henriquez
Violeta Garcia-Mendoza
2009
December 2009
An Interview with Christina Thompson
Suzanne Kamata
October 2009
A Conversation with Katherine Dieckmann
Lisa Sadikman
September 2009
A Conversation with Sophia Raday
Teresa Burns Gunther
August 2009
The Making of a Political Mama: A Profile of Shari MacDonald Strong
Kate Hopper
August 2009
An Interview with Jessica Warman
Deesha Philyaw
May 2009
A Conversation with Pamela Tanner Boll
Caroline M. Grant
April 2009
An Interview with Eleanor Stanford
Ginny Kaczmarek
March 2009
A Conversation with Sybil Lockhart
Suzanne LaFetra
February 2009
A Conversation with Jayne Pupek
Kimberly Becker
2008
December 2008
A Conversation with Lori Tharps
Deesha Philyaw
November 2008
A Conversation with Gail Konop Baker
Caroline M. Grant
October 2008
An Interview With Elrena Evans and Caroline Grant
Terry Dolson
August 2008
A Conversation with Kelly Corrigan
Lisa Sadikman
June 2008
An Interview with Lewis Buzbee
Lisa Catherine Harper
May 2008
A Conversation with Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile
Heidi Scrimgeour
February 2008
An Interview with Kim McLarin
Deesha Philyaw
January 2008
An Interview with Regan McMahon
Sarah Weld
2007
November 2007
An Interview with Lonnae O’Neal Parker
Deesha Philyaw
October 2007
An Interview with Eliza Graham
Kristina Riggle
August 2007
A Conversation with Arianna Huffington
Jen Lawrence
July 2007
A Conversation with Sara Gruen
Kristina Riggle
June 2007
A Conversation with Rebecca Walker
Jenny Rough
May 2007
An Interview with Karen Rizzo
Nicole Gregory
April 2007
An Interview with Patry Francis
Karen DeGroot Carter
April 2007
An Interview with Amy Hudock
Kimberly Greene Angle
March 2007
An Interview with Jessica Berger Gross
Jessica Jernigan
January 2007
An Interview with Rachel Sarah
Sarah Weld
2006
December 2006
An Interview with Carolyn See
Linda Rigel
November 2006
An Interview with Hope Edelman
Helaine Olen
October 2006
An Interview with Debora Spar
Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser
September 2006
An Interview with Heidi Raykeil
Rebecca Kaminsky
August 2006
A Conversation with Linda Blachman
Alle Hall
June 2006
Searching for Caitlin Flanagan
Jen Lawrence
April 2006
An Interview with Cheri Register
Lisa MB Simons
March 2006
An Interview with Deborah Santana
C. Delia Mulrooney
February 2006
An Interview with Rachel Tzvia Back
Susan Ito
January 2006
An Interview with Jill Soloway
Helaine Olen
2005
December 2005
An Interview with Marion Winik
Ericka Lutz
November 2005
An Interview with Catherine Newman
Andrea J. Buchanan
October 2005
An Interview with Bee Lavender
Stacey Greenberg
August 2005
An Interview with Barbara Katz Rothman
Deesha Philyaw
August 2005
An Interview with Michelle Kennedy
Andrea J. Buchanan
July 2005
An Interview with Jennifer Niesslein and Stephanie Wilkinson
Stacey Greenberg
June 2005
An Interview with Marrit Ingman
Rebecca Kaminsky
May 2005
An Interview with Miriam Peskowitz
Andrea J. Buchanan
April 2005
An Interview with Jennifer Lauck
Andrea J. Buchanan
March 2005
An interview with Cathi Hanauer
Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser
January 2005
An Interview with Masha Hamilton
Wendy Orange
January 2005
An Interview with Susan Isaacs Kohl
Joanne Catz Hartman
2004
November 2004
An Interview With Mary Sharratt
Linda Rigel
October 2004
An Interview with Cecelie S. Berry
Deesha Philyaw
September 2004
An Interview with Jennifer Weiner
Elizabeth LaBan
July 2004
An Interview with Annie Spiegelman
Joanne Catz Hartman
June 2004
An Interview with Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels
Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser
May 2004
An Interview with Melissa Senate
Andrea J. Buchanan
April 2004
An Interview with Susie Bright
Heidi Raykeil
March 2004
An Interview with Kathryn Black
Andrea J. Buchanan
March 2004
An Interview with Kate Moses
Rachel Iverson
February 2004
An Interview with Caroline Leavitt
Andrea J. Buchanan
January 2004
An Interview with Faulkner Fox
Joanne Catz Hartman
January 2004
An Interview with Jennifer Margulis
Andrea J. Buchanan
2003
December 2003
Mysteries and Mother-Daughter Stories: A Profile of Ayelet Waldman
Libby Gruner
October 2003
An Interview with Gayle Brandeis
Andrea J. Buchanan