Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts

by Bee Lavender

A smart, sexy, alternately funny and heartbreaking look at balancing art and motherhood, told in the artists' own words.

Do you have a toddler seat strapped in the back of the tour van? Do you write poetry while the baby naps? Have you discovered that becoming a mother has changed not only your daily life but the content of your creative work?

Mamaphonic is an anthology about mothering and the creative process. The book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932360646
• ISBN13: 9781932360646
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Soft Skull
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Smart, witty and a relief

This is a great collection of essays from different women in widely varying creative fields. Not a "how to" so much as a balm for the exhausted new mother's soul.

Read this book!

If you're at all familiar with the Hip Mama website or the Mamaphonic website, then you know that this book rocks! This book is a wonderful anthology filled w/ honest excerpts about women's lives. Some of the essays are heartbreaking and poignant and others will make you laugh so hard that you'll cry. I'm going to give this book to all my friends with kids. It's a perfect gift. If you liked Bitch in the House, Slacker Mom or read zines like like Edgy Catin' Mama, Hip Mama, or East Village Inky then you'll "get" what these mamas are saying. Read and enjoy!