Mother Knows 24 Tales of Motherhood

Ann Beattie, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Bausch, and twenty-one other celebrated American writers contribute to this moving anthology of fiction, compiled by the editors of theGlimmer Trainliterary quarterly.In the ten-plus years since Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies foundedGlimmer Train,they have introduced an astonishing array of talented and innovative authors to a growing readership hungry for inspiring fiction. The stunning stories in this anthology -- many of which have never appeared anywhere except inGlimmer Train Stories-- explore one of the most complex emotional and psychological ties of all: motherhood, and its many facets.The writers inMother Knowsinclude established authors as well as up-and-coming talents like Junot DIaz and award-winning writers like Robin Bradford, Nancy Reisman, Lee Martin, and Doug Crandell. Their stories demonstrate that motherhood is more than toilet training and tantrum control, as they portray the full, fierce, joyous, and frightening range of experience that marks this state of being.Mother Knowsis a thoughtful and powerful exploration of the most mysterious bond in life.

Susan Burmeister-Brown and her sister, Linda B. Swanson-Davies, have been editing the national literary quarterly Glimmer Train for more than a decade. They live in Portland, Oregon.