Archive - Near to The Wild Heart

Mothers Talking

“The wild velocity of motherhood, an enforced momentum forbidding contemplation.” —Sarah Manguso

Mar 21 •

February 2024

Palestine & the Persistence of Childhood Innocence

on Palestine and the boundary between a genuine shielding our children from the brutality of the world and the reproduction of the myth of innocence

Feb 2 •

September 2023

Do something to my body, react to it.

on my daughter's milk habit.

Sep 21, 2023 •

August 2023

In New York, everything fits: on being published while travelling

I know it must be because I am a tourist, entering and leaving when I want to, and never needing to fit myself into the city's difficulties --- but New…

Aug 30, 2023 •

July 2023

Window Water Baby Moving: On Memories of Childbirth

I love that my body was able to rupture the corporeal boundaries I have in everyday life. I’m not a risk taker, I’m afraid of heights, but the…

Jul 3, 2023 •

June 2023

Parenting Up in Smoke

How can something that enlivens our senses be that acutely dangerous? We laugh because of course most threats of the world operate in exactly this way.

Jun 14, 2023 •

March 2023

Talking about writing in bathrooms

On my first book club meet & how my children will perceive being written about

Mar 6, 2023 •

February 2023

The Mother as Anchor for Play

I will be getting back to more regular posting of minor gestures. I've gone back to work part time since almost 2 years & have been figuring out my new…

Feb 20, 2023 •

December 2022

Art Monsters Book Club

a book club/reading group starting Feb 2023

Dec 13, 2022 •

Sociability of Sleep

how I have come to love sleep with young children

Dec 6, 2022 •

November 2022

Life is a window of vulnerability.

“Life is a window of vulnerability.” —Donna Haraway 8 month old O, is picking up bits of oatmeal and thawed berries with her burgeoning pincer grip…

Nov 15, 2022 •

October 2022

To be alive – is Power.—Emily Dickinson

Hello gentle reader—I haven’t sent out a new entry since the end of July even though I write all the time. It feels like it’s been a few days and many…

Oct 31, 2022 •

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