: This essay blends personal family history with the historical backdrop of the Detroit riots. She explores a memory—or perhaps an imagined version of the past —where her mother's reaction to her birth defect ("a hole in her chest") highlighted a complicated emotional distance, while her father "didn't let go".
A frequent voice in the parenting essay world, Allison Langer has shared her experiences with single motherhood and navigating life's more difficult transitions. She is also the co-host of Writing Class Radio, a podcast that often mirrors the raw, storytelling style found in MUTHA Magazine. mutha magazine articles allison
: A 2022 essay exploring the strange, often alienating feeling of becoming a mother and the shifting sense of self that follows. Alison Stine: Rural Motherhood and Advocacy : This essay blends personal family history with