Tweets for SEEMS (Slavic & East European Maternal Studies) Network & the Translating Motherhood reading group! Motherhood, childbirth & pregnancy in translation
Excellent list of contemporary Anglophone literature on maternal experience #motherhood#writing ://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/10/top-10-novels-about-motherhood
Two brilliant papers on Good and Bad mothers and transgenerational trauma in Petrushevskaya’s work #WhiteInkRedFlag conference @Muireann @devon_ex_inst @test_pregnancy
Tables of Silver and Gold, Writing Baby Loss and Stillbirth
🗓 Fri 8 July (free)
🕕 4pm - 7pm
📍 @devon_ex_inst
In-person seminar for parents and others on baby loss and grief, with talks from two authors who have written about their own experiences.
https://t.co/kw9P1M6HjU
We are pleased to host the Translating Motherhood @test_pregnancy conference over the next coming days, which promises to provide a variety of poignant and timely reflections on expressing maternity in Eastern European culture. The following events are open to the public🧵:
On Saturday 9th July, parents and children are welcome to join us for a special Storytime event in the Outer Library, where author Anna Starobinets will be reading from her "Beastly Crimes" series between 10:30-11:30am. More info here: https://t.co/4KEGasi42K
@ExeterCityofLit
Tomorrow, Friday 8th July, Russian novelist Anna Starobinets, translator and poet @KEYoung_Poet
and Devon author Henry Searle will be talking about experiences of baby loss and grieving. Advance booking is recommended:
https://t.co/rhAzgTa65c
@tweetinexeter
If you're based in or near Exeter, come to this important talk at @devon_ex_inst at 5pm on July 8th by local & international writers who have personally experienced #stillbirth or #babyloss. Register for free here: https://t.co/VVeIPDbril
If you're based in or near Exeter, come to this important talk at @devon_ex_inst at 5pm on July 8th by local & international writers who have personally experienced #stillbirth or #babyloss. Register for free here: https://t.co/VVeIPDbril
If you're based in or near Exeter, come to this important talk at @devon_ex_inst at 5pm on July 8th by local & international writers who have personally experienced #stillbirth or #babyloss. Register for free here: https://t.co/VVeIPDbril
Excellent review of Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel's novel "Still Born", @TheEconomist! It's translated by @Rosenkrantz for @FitzcarraldoEds . Sad as the topic is, it's so important to see publishers opening up opportunities for women writing about the hard parts of #motherhood