Click to see the rest of the cartoon.
Or click here to see the cartoon at the Boston Globe.
[BOOKS: Starling, On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia]
Mothers Who Write (Boston Globe Ideas Section)
ON MARCH 29, at the Cambridge Public Library, PEN New England hosted a conversation on “Mothers & Writing,” about the challenges and pleasures of writing while raising children. The discussion, moderated by novelist Heidi Pitlor, and featuring writers Lily King, Kim McLarin, Megan Marshall, and Claire Messud, was frank and wide-ranging, addressing everything from ambivalence about parenthood to tricks for getting work done, and the unheralded advantages of writing as a mother.
What follows is a selection of highlights from the conversation, as observed by a note-taking audience member.
CLAIRE: One thing I “knew” growing up was that one mustn’t have children if one wanted to write. My husband wanted six children; I wanted none. Then a gynecologist told me I might have trouble because I had an oddly shaped uterus.
Tell me, “No” … then I immediately want to get pregnant…
LILY: My experience was like yours. I remember how anxiety-filled I was about trying to become a writer. I did want children—but way in the future.
Then a doctor told me I had a lot of endometriosis. I think I was probably pregnant within 24 hours.
CLAIRE: Sometimes it felt impossible with small kids.
I would think about writers who didn’t have children—how much they must be reading, the number of drafts they must be able to write … the amount of sleep they had!
Click to see the rest of the piece here. Or click here to see the piece at the Boston Globe.
Also see Life as a New Mom Summed Up in a Cartoon
[BOOKS: Starling, On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia]
On the Loose in Philadelphia (Children’s Book)
Cartoonist Sage Stossel created her “Find-the Animals” bestseller On the Loose in Boston in 2009, in which animals from Franklin Park Zoo escape and show up in settings from Fenway Park to Faneuil Hall. She followed it with On the Loose in Washington, D.C. in 2013, when the National Zoo’s animals got the same idea, and cavorted around our nation’s capital from the White House to Capitol Hill. Next stop? The City of Brotherly Love! Children will have hours of entertainment finding the Philadelphia Zoo animals in On the Loose in Philadelphia—whether a monkey at Independence Hall, a kangaroo at the art museum, or a hippopotamus at a Phillies game! Over 100 animals are hiding cleverly in favorite Philadelphia locations in this colorfully-illustrated rhyming picture book.
Recommended by Mommy Nearest Philadelphia as one of 10 Books All Philly Kids Should Have on Their Shelves.
[Click here to buy the book.]
Also visit the On the Loose in Philadelphia web site for Philadelphia pictures to print and color, ideas for things to do with kids in Philadelphia, and more.
(Also see On the Loose in Boston and On the Loose in Washington, DC, or the graphic novel Starling.)
Boston’s Winter Education (Boston Globe Cartoon)
Click to see the rest of the cartoon.
Or click here to see the cartoon at the Boston Globe.
[BOOKS: Starling, On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia]
The MBTA Takes a Personal Day
Comically Speaking: Cartoon Exhibit at the Essex Art Center
Comically Speaking: Illustrations and drawings by Don Mathias, David Sullivan,
Sage Stossel, Mark Parisi & John Klossner
Jan 9 – March 6, 2015
(Pictured: John Klossner, Don Mathias, Mark Parisi, David Sullivan, and Sage Stossel; Photo via Don Mathias)
Sketches from the MIT Media Lab Breast Pump Hackathon
Click to see the rest of Sketches from the MIT Breast Pump Hackathon.
Also see Life as a New Mom Summed Up in a Cartoon
[BOOKS: Starling, On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia]
Dispatch From the Home Front
Click to see the rest of the cartoon.
Or click here to see “Life As A New Mom, Summed Up In A Cartoon” at Huffington Post Parents.
[BOOKS: Starling, On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia]
A Conversation With Art Spiegelman (Boston Globe cartoon)
Click to see the rest of the cartoon.
Casinos in Massachusetts (Boston Globe Cartoon)
Click to see the rest of the cartoon at the Boston Globe, or here.