Phillip Lopate is one of the smartest guys we know–about books, about words, about literature, and, frankly, about life. So when we found out he had a new memoir coming out called A Mother’s Tale, we thought we’d pick his brain about why words and mothers matter.
Tag Archives | mothers

Phillip Lopate on Worshiping at the Altar of Literature, Mother’s Rage, and the Power of University Presses
By David Sterry on July 3, 2017 in About Writing, Blog, Book Doctors, Books, Huffington Post Articles, Huffington Post Interviews, Writing

My Mom Dying, Breaking Down at Ikea, & NPR
My mom loved National Public Radio. Lived for it. Died with it. She was always calling me to tell me about some fabulous story she’d heard on This American Life, or some new Peruvian musical group she thought I’d love, or some unbelievable new writer Terry Gross interviewed. That was my mom all over. She […]