Reading

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Condom contest winners and Litquake

By singlemomseeking ⋅ October 9, 2008 ⋅ 9 comments

Update: I actually had to get permission to give away 100+ condom tins (condoms included!) during Saturday’s reading. Yes, I will be carrying these on public transportation. Wish me luck.
My Seal Press publicist just wrote back: “At least you’ll be prepared!”
Prepared for what?–
Please, people, don’t make me trek back home with these.
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Remember [...]

How to sleep alone in a king-size bed

By singlemomseeking ⋅ August 2, 2008 ⋅ 17 comments

Disclaimer: any time I pick up a divorce memoir, I do so cautiously. I’m prepared to swim in a sea of sadness. This is why I loved Theo Pauline Nestor’s book How to Sleep Alone in a King-Size Bed: she made me laugh. Even in her darkest moods, Theo manages to be funny.
“Last night we [...]

What Are Your Favorite Single Mom Books?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ October 31, 2007 ⋅ 9 comments

Kriz, a single mom who recently commented right here, has me a mission: to find children’s books in which a single mom is the star.
Easy, right?
If you plug these words into Google — “single mom,” “children’s book” — this book comes up first:
The Best Single Mom in the World: How I Was Adopted, by Mary [...]

And The Winner Is…

By singlemomseeking ⋅ October 16, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Joani in Skokie, IL… otherwise known as Lexi’s Mom!
Remember the contest this month when I asked you to send in your perfect metaphor for “What’s it like to date as a single mom?”
I asked my Big Girl, Mae, to pick a name out of a hat (actually, it was a little blue plastic toy bin), [...]