Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books
Arts:Books
Today I'm interviewing Michele Filgate, the editor of the anthology What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence. The collection is based on her essay published by Longreads in October 2017, right after the Harvey Weinstein story broke and the #MeToo movement took off. She started writing this essay when she was an undergraduate. What started as her trying to work through her stepfather's abuse culminated in this impactful piece she says is a really an essay about a daughter longing for a stronger and better relationship with her mother. She then recruited many others to tell their own stories. The collection is amazing. I loved talking to Michele about her own experiences, how she structured this book, her time in the literary world and how she made peace with her past.
Kayleen Schaefer, BUT YOU'RE STILL SO YOUNG
Patricia Engel, INFINITE COUNTRY
Tanya Selvaratnam, ASSUME NOTHING
Joann Lublin, POWER MOMS: HOW EXECUTIVE MOTHERS NAVIGATE WORK AND LIFE
Katrina Adams, OWN THE ARENA
Julia Fine, THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE
Jennifer Ryan, THE KITCHEN FRONT: A NOVEL
Meaghan Murphy, YOUR FULLY CHARGED LIFE: A RADICALLY SIMPLE APPROACH TO HAVING ENDLESS ENERGY AND FILLING EVERY DAY WITH YAY!
Georgina Lawton, RACELESS
Elizabeth Miki Brina, SPEAK, OKINAWA: A MEMOIR
Vendela Vida, WE RUN THE TIDES: A NOVEL
Emily Layden, ALL GIRLS: A NOVEL
Maria Adelmann, GIRLS OF A CERTAIN AGE
Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane, UNDER OUR ROOF: A SON'S BATTLE FOR RECOVERY, A MOTHER'S BATTLE FOR HER SON
Kristin Hannah, THE FOUR WINDS
Amy Newmark, CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: MAKING "ME TIME"
Zibby Owens, MOMS DON'T HAVE TIME TO: A QUARANTINE ANTHOLOGY
David Sedaris, THE BEST OF ME
Ladee Hubbard, THE RIB KING
Lauren Edmondson, LADIES OF THE HOUSE
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