Dungy, Camille T., “Bounds”, “Guidebook to Relative Strangers: journeys into race, motherhood and history” (Norton 2017)

I think what we are watching when we are watching Callie is a most remarkable and transparent overlay of domains. …

Dungy, Camille T., “Inherent Risk, or What I Know About Investment: On Balancing a Career, a Child, and Creative Writing”, “Guidebook to Relative Strangers: journeys into race, motherhood and history” (Norton 2017)

But when I thought about who I was to become when I became a mother, I hadn’t pictured Toi. I …

Williams, Terry Tempest, “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place” (Vintage 2001)

What is it about the relationship of a mother that can heal or hurt us? Her womb is the first …

Obrecht, Téa, “The Tiger’s Wife” (Random House 2011)

My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they’re gone, we’re left with the concept, …