978-0-7735-3377-6 April 2008
What destroys more writers than sunlight, absinthe addiction and ill-fitting berets combined? Having kids. Which is why an anthology like Double Lives: Writing and Motherhood is such a marvel. Not only is it the first Canadian literary anthology that focuses on mothering and writing, it was edited by three writers who happen to be mothers, Shannon Cowan, Cathy Stonehouse and Fiona Tinwei Lam. A former lawyer and accomplished poet, Lam took time from her busy schedule to nurture the Courier's 10 Questions and discuss mom jeans, her intimate knowledge of Raffi and how much her six-year-old son Robbie gets for allowance.
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978-0-7735-3377-6 April 2008
Writing a book is a little like raising a child. First, there's a period of gestation, a heady time when all seems possible. Then comes the hard work and eventually, much later, the letting go.
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978-0-7735-3377-6 April 2008
The grand prize winner is Annette Yourk for her piece "Mothering the Writer". Honourable mention goes to both Linda Langwith's "The Double Helix of Writing and Motherhood" and Kris Wright's untitled submission have each earned runner-up positions.
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