Questioning Assumptions — Nicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters

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Nicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters. Along the way we talk about: 

Sexism in publishing 

The 'mother shelf' 

Microscopic truth and Brenda Ueland 

Writing from "low-grade embarrassment" and "both-and-ness" 

Growing up with with the belief that you can be anyone you want to be and do anything you want to do (and how that might affect the ways you construct the challenges of motherhood in your thinking and writing) 

Maternal Thinking by Sara Ruddick 

Publishing with Chronicle Prism 

Buy Mothers and Other Fictional Characters here