Raising Mothers

Writer, editor, cultural steward. Founder of Raising Mothers & Literary Liberation. Aquarius Sun.

overthinker, overlearner, observer of the human condition. instagram: @ojuspatel

Writer. Storyteller. Righteous Rabble-rouser.

Grace Loh Prasad is the author of the memoir The Translator's Daughter, about living between languages, navigating loss and the search for belonging.

Author | \ud83c\udf0a e-guide BREAK: How to Write Your Divorce Story seen in Oprah Daily | Swimming in Hong Kong | ✍️ Women’s Writing Workshops | mom-surfer-hiker-hula tyro

Writer. Mama. Jamaican-Canadian hot gyal.

STORYTELLER | MEMOIRIST | EDITOR | AUTHOR of In Search of a Salve: Memoir of a Sex Addict

Bernice L. McFadden is a national bestselling, award-winning author of several books, including the classic: SUGAR

Leena Sulahri is a recovering academic with an eye for how the mundane, the absurd, and the sublime frequently occur together. She is a culturally muslim, diasporic South Asian raised in the Arab Gulf region, and very, very gay.

Adiba Nelson is the author of Ain’t That A Mother. She is also the subjects of the Emmy winning documentary The Full Nelson, and Executive Producer and Creative Consultant on the tv series based on her memoir (currently in development).

A New York City Kid Who’s Now a NYC Adult…our stories matter and so does the documenting of our neighborhoods and communities.

Bestselling author, published in 11 languages. Micro prose author, editor, teacher. Poetry Society of America fellow.

Imani Perry is an intellectual, a writer of creative nonfiction, a mother of 2 amazing young adults, a professor, a 50 something movement baby, a native of Alabama, a dweller in the worlds of art, literature, higher education and freedom dreaming.

A multi-genre Palestinian American writer, educator, and mother. All Water Has Perfect Memory is her first book.

mama, author, and educator - inspired by the impact and transformative power of words. find me @ www.ainheathdrew.com

Celebrating and centering the narratives of the global majority since 2015.

Maryland-based writer.

Christine Platt, the Afrominimalist, is an author and advocate for embracing the power of less to simplify, surrender, and boldly step into the next season of life.

Poet | Essayist | Fiber Artist

Zurbano is a Hedgebrook fellow and former Artist-in-Residence at The Asian American Arts Alliance. Her writing has been in Ms. Magazine and the Seattle Times. Shows produced at Ars Nova, The NYC Fringe Fest, and dramaturgy at The Public Theater NYC.

writer and editor in Las Vegas

Multidisciplinary writer. Author of MIGRATION LETTERS: Poems. Philly native.

Author of the novel, Famous Adopted People, Alice Stephens is also a book reviewer, essayist, short story writer, and co-founder of the Adoptee Literary Festival. Follow her on IG @AliceStephensBooks and Bluesky @alicestephens.bsky.social

Trying to figure it out.

Writer

Naima Coster is the New York Times bestselling author of What’s Mine and Yours and Halsey Street. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree. She writes about motherhood, family, loss, and belonging. She is at work on her third novel.

Tameka Fryer Brown is an award-winning children's book author. Her titles include Brown Baby Lullaby, That Flag, and All the Greatness in You. Learn more about Tameka at tamekafryerbrown.com.

Chana (Brissett) Shinegba is a storyteller and hospitality exec with 20+ years in the industry. She blends creativity with strategy and debuted Dancer in the Bullpen, a novel of autobiographical fiction infused with magical realism.