Posts Tagged ‘writing and motherhood’

"The Mommy Problem," and the larger notion of life beyond work

“The Mommy Problem,” and the larger notion of life beyond work

Over at The Millions, Sonya Chung’s essay “The Mommy Problem” throws more questions at a question I’m still trying to answer. I, too, have indulged in her habit of close-reading women writers’ biographies for suggestions of children and clues as to their familial satisfaction to productivity ratio. While the argument over how writers should spend [...]