When I first became a single mother, I hid it from everyone, including myself. In my new book, The Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays, I track the evolution of my relationship with motherhood, starting as a reluctant mother of two in a married household and ultimately ending as a single mother... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-05-12 11:10:00 UTC ]
This classic story of a single mother’s struggle against poverty, published in 1946, would become the first novel by a Black woman to sell a million copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-10-22 04:28:52 UTC ]
Sabrina, the single mother at the center of Inda Craig-Galván’s new play, “Black Super Hero Magic Mama,” is acutely aware of the various ways her son’s life can be upended. Gangs, drugs, street violence, the police: If Sabrina (Kimberly Hébert Gregory) is overcontrolling, it’s because she knows... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harry Potter author’s lawyer says allegations left her ‘distressed’, but she is ending her libel case after receiving an apology and substantial damagesAuthor JK Rowling has been “fully vindicated and her reputation restored” following the Daily Mail’s apology for alleging she wrote a “sob... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rowling wrote her book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," when she was a single mother, receiving government benefits. She's now asking the government to step up support for Britain's poor.Without help from the British government, there might never have been a Harry Potter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 30/09/2011 - 10:51 Faber has acquired a new novel by award-winning Egyptian writer Miral Al-Tahawy. Editorial director Hannah Griffiths acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Elizabeth Sheinkman at Curtis Brown to Al-Tahawy's fourth... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]