Andi Buchanan, managing editor of Literary Mama and editor of a collection of that same name plus Mother Shock: Loving Every (other) Minute of It, is on the GCC with me. Her boy book is rather different from my own.
Mine: The Boy Book (out in October) Ruby Oliver's continuing adventures in kissing, social leprosy and the horrors of high school.
Hers: It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons (out now) Essays on aggression, teenagers, and the relationships between mothers and boys.
Interesting, right? Her website has notes about the essays inside, plus links to like a zillion blogs on parenting and the like which reviewed her book.
Andi also has a fun and interesting blog that's good reading not just for mothers but for anyone interested in balancing domesticity and feminism, work and play, sexuality and ambition. (Not that those are all opposites!)
And she wrote us this educational and pithy boyfriend list!
Thanks, Andi!
--E
What I Learned From My Boyfriends
by Andi Buchanan
The comedian
Timing is everything. Also, once you analyze the comedy, it's not funny anymore.
The basketball player
Work on your three-point shot.
The musician
When someone says he's a tortured artist who's no good for anyone and can't be saved, believe him.
The one that got away
When someone says he likes you and thinks you're smart and talented and beautiful, believe him.
The secret one
Love is possible, even when you are sure it's not, even when you least expect it.
The one I married
Love is choosing each other, again and again, every day.
