I’m thrilled to be hosting a FREE monthly morning reading series for parents/caregivers at the very cool Oakland community space, Local Economy!
Modeled off my friend Nicole Haroutunian’s series in Queens, Storytime for Caregivers invites parents and caregivers to bring babies and toddlers along to a morning reading–but in a new twist, the books are for the adults! Each month I’ll be in conversation with a writer of fiction or nonfiction with a caregiving theme. They’ll read briefly, we’ll all chat, and they’ll end with a book for the younger crowd. After the one-hour event, we’ll have time for an IRL hang-out: a goal of this series!
Babies absolutely welcomed but not required.
This month we’ll discuss the lovely Notes to New Mothers, a collection of reflections and reminiscences on birth and new motherhood by 65 writers and artists. We’ll be joined by local contributing writers Kiley McLaughlin and Ashley Nelson Levy, who is also a co-founder of Transit Books.
We’ll have a few copies on hand to buy or you can order your own copy of the book from East Bay Booksellers and pick it up at the end of the event to be signed.
Bring a baby, a friend, or come on your own!
Register for free here.
Upcoming guests:
December 8: Tracy Clark-Flory, My Mother’s Daughter
January 12, 2027: Margaret Juhae Lee & Jimin Han, discussing creating while caregiving
Past guests:
Britt Murlas, founder of Little Feminist
Amanda Montei, Touched Out
Vanessa Hua, Coyoteland
Darby Saxbe, Dad Brain
Sarah Wheeler, discussing parenting/caregiving books she actually found helpful
Kate Schatz, Where the Girls Were
Rachel Richardson, Smother
Courtney Martin, Learning in Public, discussing “sandwich generation” care
Minna Dubin, Mom Rage
Nina Renata Aron, Good Morning Destroyer of Men’s Souls
Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary
Ruth Whippman, Boymom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity
Elissa Strauss, When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others
If you’ve written a book with a parenting/caregiving theme and are interesting in participating in the series, please reach out!
