Summary: <a href="http://motherhoodandwords.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Author and writing teacher <a href="http://www.katehopper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kate Hopper</a> invited a select group of women writers to read from their work at her 11th Annual Motherhood & Words <a href="http://www.katehopper.com/appearances/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reading</a> at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. Kate’s mission is, in her own words, “to highlight the amazing writing out there by women about motherhood.”<br> <br> <br> <br> As in years past, Mom Enough is proud to bring you this recording of this year’s event, featuring: <a href="https://shannongibney.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shannon Gibney</a>, educator, activist and author of See No Color, winner of the 2016 Minnesota Book Award in Young People’s Literature; <a href="http://judybatalion.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Judy Batalion</a>, New York-based comedian and author of White Walls: A Memoir about Motherhood, Daughterhood and the Mess in Between; and <a href="https://www.baypath.edu/academics/faculty-directory/biography/susan-ito/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Susan Ito</a>, Bay Area performer, author of The Mouse Room and co-editor of A Ghost at Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Make yourself a cup of tea and sit back and enjoy the work of these outstanding writers!<br> <br> <br> <br> What stood out for you in the readings in the 11th Annual Motherhood & Words Reading? Were there issues or experiences in these authors’ work that resonated with your own experience as a mother? What made you think in new ways about the lives of mothers of different backgrounds and life circumstances than yours?<br> <br> <br> <br> For Kate’s website, <a href="http://www.katehopper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.<br> <br> For Shannon’s website, <a href="https://shannongibney.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.<br> <br> For Judy’s website, <a href="http://judybatalion.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.<br> <br> To learn more about Susan, <a href="https://www.baypath.edu/academics/faculty-directory/biography/susan-ito/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.<br> <br> For Motherhood & Words, <a href="http://motherhoodandwords.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.
