Brain,Child Magazine

The award-winning literary magazine devoted to motherhood. Publishes features, personal essays, fiction, poetry, news, debates, and book reviews.

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After 6 yrs of editing & publishing Brain, Child (& Brain, Teen), I am pleased to announce that both magazines are now under the Creative Nonfiction umbrella. (@cnfonline). Thank you for your support; it’s been my honor.
- Marcelle (@msoviero )
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A powerful essay on BC today: “How can I witness my Jewish daughter praying like Muslims? Wearing a black chador? Making pilgrimage to Qom with radical Muslims? What is next? Marriage to an Ayatollah? I want to burn to death!” https://t.co/AsPYYCY24y @Longreads @msoviero

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A DISCUSSION: THE FREE-RANGE PARENTING BILL https://t.co/ZUOdZV2HP2

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It’s true in a way, that children often seem to be in a place just shy of our grasp... https://t.co/KULucWybTl

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A friend said to my baby, "Don’t Grow Stay Small"-- In my exhausted state, I feared it was a hex. https://t.co/Q7Z4nD6eff @Sarah__Bousquet

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We are dolphins, mermaids...we swim until our skin is pickled, our toes translucent... https://t.co/1CCRguJuZC

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What I didn’t tell them was that I had breast cancer. https://t.co/PHkeQfwNZR #mothering

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What I didn’t tell them was that I had breast cancer. https://t.co/PHkeQfwNZR #mothering

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Then it hit me—my father was crying. https://t.co/IoZe2HgxZS

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During the attack, when the weight of male bodies crushed me, I wanted to cry out, “Mommy!” https://t.co/OlsFwahNa5

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Having a deaf child changes your world quick https://t.co/rXqqAbkFZ6 #longreads

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like many women pursuing motherhood, I was persistent. https://t.co/JMqjPi8w73 #longreads

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The fact that our son was smitten by the Starbucks Mermaid was our fault. https://t.co/Q7qvpvulfA

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My explosive child is many things besides explosive. He is curious, impulsive...https://t.co/Mwr7IdiPFt #lon…

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There are only so many ways to kill time at a political rally with kids...

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Are hospitals taking away a mother’s choice in what to do with her baby right after birth?
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My six-year-old son Martin has Selective Mutism (SM), a rare childhood anxiety disorder https://t.co/jqxMe5moW5

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That house was my mother’s domain, comforting and safe. https://t.co/4d1AAHC4gA

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Before I was a parent, I thought that I was a skilled at self care. https://t.co/MAzeHB2tSt