Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood 9780773574595

A compelling and intimate exploration of the unique juggling act of mother/writer.

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English Pages 280 [279] Year 2008

Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood
9780773574595

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Shannon Cowan

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Room to Write
Drafts 1–12 (Not Including II)
The Crib and the Desk
Motherhood and Other Possibilities
Opposing Forces
A Double Life
Becoming a Writer
My Breasts Had Become Eyes
Other Is the Longest Part of Mothering
A Mother, Writing
Elements
& in our languages, mother is the land
Mothering First
A Mum’s Guide to Outer Space
The Sun Knows What It Does
Wearing Different Hats
Transformations
The Muse
Mama’s Voices
The Joshua Stone
Motherhood and the Muses
Dreams: The First, Irreplaceable Maps
Mother to Vision
Only a Day to Visit
Words of Advice
Record of a Live Birth, and Other Stories
Stretch Marks
Motherlodes, Muses, Mapmakers
Letters to a Young Mother Who Writes
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Bibliography

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