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Questioning Assumptions — Nicole Graev Lipson tells the story of Mothers and Other Fictional Characters
Season 4
Episode 55
Published 1 year, 1 month ago
Description
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
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