“I share this because 6 years ago around this time my life was turned upside down in ways I couldn't have foretold (although strangely enough my fiction would argue otherwise), and I would think for many years that I was not worthy of being my son's Mom, that I had thrown away so much by having him at the wrong time - which was, again, that linear motion of "success" talking when it should have kept quiet and let me be my woowoo self with my development like tree rings rather than a neat A-B-Z.”
“Megan has been intentional and vocal about documenting her mothering journey through her debut anthology of poetry, Milk Fever, and her short story, Farang. The conversation was an eruption of shared joy in creativity and claiming space to create and practice feminist mothering.”
“We sew new watering holes into our online ecosystems and drench ourselves in data. Hand sanitizer is our new holy water and even our greetings have become bone.”
Ukamaka Olisakwa, a phenomenal writer who I deeply admire, has kindly asked me to guest-edit nonfiction for the first issue of her new publication, Isele Magazine