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motherhood

Interview: Emily Carrington on early pregnancy loss

Emily Carrington and Nadya Williams   |  October 28, 2024

How we talk about miscarriage matters.

Interview: Nadya Williams on her new book, Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic

Dixie Dillon Lane and Nadya Williams   |  October 15, 2024

What difference does the imago Dei make for how we think about mothers and children?

The Author’s Corner with Rachel Louise Moran

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 10, 2024

Rachel Louise Moran is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Texas. This interview is based on her new book, Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America (University of Chicago Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with Rebecca Wellington

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 12, 2024

Rebecca Wellington is a Clinical Instructor and Director of Field Placements in the School of Education at the University of Puget Sound. This interview is based on her new book, Who Is a Worthy Mother?: An Intimate History of Adoption […]

Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: through an index darkly

Nadya Williams   |  April 18, 2024

Here is a glimpse of my forthcoming book through five entries in the index.

Reflections on Dorothy Sayers’ work, life, and lost motherhood

Nadya Williams   |  June 30, 2023

I first heard about Dorothy Sayers a little over a decade ago. Knowing of my appreciation for Agatha Christie mysteries, my now husband recommended Sayers’ Peter Wimsey novels. I did not follow up on that recommendation at the time. A […]

Erika Bachiochi on the need for caregiver benefits, especially for mothers

Nadya Williams   |  May 12, 2023

With Mother’s Day approaching (this Sunday), Erika Bachiochi has a powerful essay in Plough today, arguing for better government support for caregivers, especially mothers, drawing on the analogy to veterans’ benefits. You want to go read her piece in its […]

The presence of mothers

Elizabeth Stice   |  May 8, 2023

The other day my friends and I were reminiscing about cartoons. We were talking about the Flintstones and the Jetsons and we realized that we could remember Barney Rubble, but who was his wife? We knew George Jetson and “his […]

A Current contributing editor on writing and motherhood in a pandemic

John Fea   |  April 19, 2022

Over at The Chronicle of Higher Education, historian Nadya Williams writes about how the pandemic provided her with more opportunities to write. We at Current are thrilled about this. Earlier this year Nadya joined our team of contributing editors! (Check […]