The 13th Annual Motherhood & Words® Event: A Special Edition of Mom Enough® Featuring Four Writers and Their Motherhood Story
Summary: <a href="http://www.katehopper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>Don’t let anyone tell you that stories about motherhood are boring! As writer and teacher <a href="http://www.katehopper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kate Hopper</a> knows, a motherhood story can make us laugh, cry, nod in agreement and gasp in shock. It sheds new light on familiar experiences and calls us to new adventures. So, for 13 years, Kate has brought outstanding women writers to Minneapolis to read and discuss their work at her annual Motherhood & Words event. Marti & Erin are proud to bring this event to you again this year.<br> <br> <br> <br> Sit back and listen as <a href="https://www.anikafajardo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anika Fajardo</a> reads from Magical Realism for Non-Believers, her memoir about connecting with her Colombian father, becoming a mother and creating her own kind of family. Enjoy the powerful poems of <a href="https://loft.org/artists/april-gibson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April Gibson</a>, who wrote about her experiences as a teen mother in her poetry collection Automation. Hear Kate Hopper read from her essay about the power of music in girls’ and women’s lives, drawing together strands from her own recent experience learning to play bass, a groundbreaking all-girl band in the 1970s and a major depression in college. And finally, listen to <a href="https://www.janinekovac.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Janine Kovac</a> read from her memoir Spinning, which weaves together the births of her micro-preemie twins and her history as a professional ballet dancer.<br> <br> <br> <br> What did you hear in these readings that resonated with your own motherhood story and experiences as a woman? What in these readings inspires you to explore something new or to view familiar experiences in new ways?<br> <br> <br> <br> Related resources:<br> <br> <a href="http://www.katehopper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kate Hopper</a> website<br> <br> <a href="https://www.anikafajardo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anika Fajardo</a> website<br> <br> <a href="https://loft.org/artists/april-gibson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April Gibson</a> website<br> <br> <a href="https://www.janinekovac.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Janine Kovac</a> website<br> <br> <a href="http://momenough.com/2018/05/women-writers-motherhood-words-reading">The 12th Annual Motherhood & Words Reading</a>
