Ann Imig Listen To Your Mother

Mom used to tell me to watch my P's and Q's or I would face the consequences. Do you know how many times I wrote P's and Q's on all my school papers because I thought it would bring me good luck. Moms say the most incredible things. Then it happens... the year pass so quickly. What do they mean today? From the iHeart Radio Studio I'm Unplugged and Totally Uncut with Ann Imig In 2010, Ann Imig organized a live-staged reading event in Madison, WI, to bring together her community—mothers and non-mothers alike—and provide a forum for a diversity of voices to share their personal stories. This one event quickly grew into an annual national performance sensation, with nearly 40 nationwide events scheduled for May 2015. Now, in LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now, Imig brings this collection of 56 candid, funny, poignant, unexpected, and soul-bearing essays to the page. This collection of essays celebrates and validates what it means to be a mother today, with honesty and candor that is arrestingly stimulating and refreshing. The stories are raw, honest, poignant, and sometimes raunchy, ranging from adoption, assimilation to emptying nests; first-time motherhood, foster-parenting, to infertility; single-parenting, LGBTQ parenting, to special-needs parenting; step-mothering; never mothering, to surrogacy; and mothering through illness to mothering through unsolicited advice. Honest, funny, and heart-wrenching, these personal stories are the collective voice of mothers among us. Whether you are one, have one, or know one, LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER is an emotional whirlwind that is guaranteed to entertain, amuse, and enlighten. About the Editor: Ann Imig is the founder and national director of the Listen to Your Mother national performance series. Nearly 300 people showed up to the first Listen to Your Mother show in 2005 in Madison, WI, and in 2015 the show prepares for its largest season yet with 39 performances in communities across the country. This sensational performance movement has captured national media attention including coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on “NBC Nightly News.” Her writing has appeared on The Huffington Post, McSweeney’s, and Brava magazine. Ann lives with her husband and children in Madison, WI. @annsrants, www.AnnImig.com, and on Facebook LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now is a thought-provoking, hilarious, and edgy collection of personal stories celebrating motherhood, featuring #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jenny Lawson and Jennifer Weiner, and many other notable writers. LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER showcases the experiences of ordinary people from a broad spectrum of racial, gender, and age backgrounds. It takes readers on a journey through motherhood in all of its complexity, diversity, and humor. Please let me know if you would like an interview with editor, founder and national director of the Listen to Your Mother national performance series, Ann Imig – just in time for Mother’s Day (5/10).