Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology
 is available NOW from Small Harbor Publishing!

It was a pleasure to work with Literary Mama editors, past and present, to edit their work in preparation for this book. Twenty-seven writers are included, with work in creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. 
"Motherhood is a nuanced identity and the contributors to Labor of Love handle it with the care and expertise that are cornerstones of Literary Mama. This anthology is a patchwork quilt of excellence."
~Jamie Sumner, author of Roll with It ​
​“Celebrating 20 years of Literary Mama, this evocative anthology explores the transformative power of writing about motherhood across its many stages. Through the voices of writers from Literary Mama’s past and current staff, we are able to witness a reckoning of identity and motherhood and the work of parenting through forms ranging from poignant poetry to captivating fiction to hybrid family histories and reflective personal essays. This important, resonant collection is a snapshot of mothering at many stages that captures the essence of the magazine’s past and present even as it looks towards its future.”
-Andrea J Buchanan, author of Five-Part Invention and The Beginning of Everything
“The essays, stories, and poems collected here from Literary Mama are raw and beautiful. Though many are about the more trying, painful aspects of mothering, they somehow work as a salve. No thinking, reading, sometimes struggling mother should be without this book.”
-Ona Gritz, author of Present Imperfect