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Lara Lillibridge: Mama, Mama, Only Mama & Mothers Who Write
Friday, May 10 @ 7:30pmIt’s a book release for MAMA, MAMA, ONLY MAMA and a Celebration of Mothers Who Write
Being a single mother means relaxing your cleanliness standards. A lot. Being a single mother means accepting sleep deprivation as a natural state. Being a single mother means hauling a toddler, a baby, and a diaper bag while wearing high heels and a cute skirt, because you never know when you’ll meet someone. Being a single mother means finding out you are stronger than you ever knew was possible.
Since birth, Lara Lillibridge’s children wanted, “Mama, Mama, only Mama!” whether they were tired or just woke up from a nap—whether they were starving or had just finished a bowl of goldfish crackers. Over ten years later, not much has changed. Between hilarious episodes and candid stories, Lillibridge offers the bits of advice and enlightenment she’s gained along the way and never fails to commiserate on the many challenges that come with raising children in a non-nuclear family. This creative, touching memoir will resonate with single moms everywhere, whether solo parenting is new territory or well-trodden ground for them.
LARA LILLIBRIDGE sings off-beat and dances off-key. She is the author of Mama, Mama, Only Mama (Skyhorse Publishing, 2019) and Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home (Skyhorse, 2018). Lara Lillibridge also co-edited an anthology of women’s voices entitled Feminine Rising: Voices Of Power And Invisibility with Cynren Press. When she’s not writing, Lillibridge can be found shivering in a hockey arena or getting sunburned at the baseball field. She still doesn’t vacuum very often, but luckily she’s nearsighted enough not to notice. She resides in Cleveland, Ohio.
Lara will be joined at the mic by:
LAURA GRACE WELDON, the author of two poetry collections Blackbird and Tending, as well as a handbook of alternative education titled Free Range Learning. Laura’s background includes teaching nonviolence, writing collaborative poetry with nursing home residents, facilitating support groups for abuse survivors, and writing sardonic greeting cards. Currently she works as a book editor and also leads workshops on memoir, poetry, and creativity. Connect with her at lauragraceweldon.com
MARSHA MCGREGOR’s creative nonfiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review Online, Brain Child, Brain Teen, Fourth Genre, Ascent, Literary Mama, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, Zone 3, The Philadelphia Inquirer and four anthologies. Her personal essays have appeared regularly in Cleveland Magazine since 2008. A Peter Taylor Fellow for the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, and a fellow for the Kenyon Review Writing Workshop for Teachers, she teaches writing workshops for small groups, library systems and writers organizations, including Literary Cleveland and the International Women’s Writing Guild. Some of her published work can be seen at MarshaMcGregor.com.
This event is free
