When I say things like, “I’ll be writing about motherhood, a lot” I really do mean that…when I write that. But then there’s this thing that happens called motherhood and I don’t write a lot. I write a little, and not about motherhood. And yet, it all connects for me through the lens of motherhood, because the reason I am unearthing the darker topics in my writing is because I am a mother and because I wish to do a good job. It is not my kids fault that I am not writing a ton. It is definitely because of my kids that I am writing at all. It is because of my kids that I keep it all moving, reaching for that thing, that ever elusive truth.
Self , you crack me up
Published by Lindsey Anthony-Bacchione
Lindsey Anthony-Bacchione is a writer and freelance developmental editor with twenty years of story analysis experience. She holds a BFA in dramatic writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA in creative nonfiction from Antioch University Los Angeles. She is currently a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Her personal essays and book reviews can be found at About Place Journal, Sentience Lit, Brevity's Nonfiction Blog, The Rumpus, and an essay and book review forthcoming at Motherwell Mag and the Chicago Review of Books, respectively. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four young children. View more posts
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