Writing the Mother Wound: Essays On Mothering

Longreads Contributing Editor Danielle Jackson speaks with writer and creator of the Writing Our Lives workshop Vanessa Martir about Writing The Mother Wound, a series of essays they co-produced on mothering. The two also share excerpts from the series, read by their authors.

This episode is a production of Longreads and Charts & Leisure, produced by Mike Rugnetta, with help from Danielle Jackson and Jason Oberholtzer. Mixed and scored with original music by Michael Simonelli. 

Longreads' theme music is written and performed by Brian Donohoe.