Mother Talk South Carolina: Upcoming events

Our recent Mother Talk in South Carolina was so well received that LiteraryMama managing editor Amy Hudock is putting together some more Mother Talk events in the coming months, and she'll act as a moderator for the salons. Here is a preliminary schedule, with some recommendations from Amy:

January
We'll be talking about the new anthology Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined Try to get the book before the meeting, and we'll all read favorite excerpts or pieces from the book to get us going. The focus: motherhood and creativity. The first chapter of the book includes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction about being both mothers and writers. We'll be exploring the question of how to keep the creativity alive while raising children. To get some ideas for your own writing, you can read Amy's article about journaling through motherhood.

February
We'll be talking about another Literary Mama editor's book, Heidi Raykeil's Confessions of a Naughty Mommy: How I Found My Lost Libido. The focus: motherhood and sex. We'll try to get the author for a conference call chat with us about her book. You can read an excerpt of her book online, and also read her past "Sex in the Suburbs" columns on Literary Mama. There is also a chapter in Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined called "Sex, Fertility, and the Body" that includes essays by Heidi Raykeil and other mothers on sex and motherhood.

March
We'll be talking about Marritt Ingram's Inconsolable; How I Threw My Mental Health Out with the Diapers. The focus: Does becoming a mother make you crazy? What exactly is postpartum depression? Who does it affect? Does someone you know have it? You can read excerpts from the book online at Marrit's site.

April
We'll be looking at Andi Buchanan's companion book to "It's a Boy" -- "It's a Girl." The focus: raising girls in today's society. Maybe we can get Andi to come back for another visit! [I hope I can! If not, I'll do the conference call chat!]