Mother Knows

Edited by Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies
of Glimmer Train Stories

Joyce Carol Oates, Ann Beattie, Richard Bausch, and twenty-one more of America’s finest writers have come together to contribute to a moving anthology of stories that explores one of the most complex emotional and psychological ties of all: motherhood, and its many facets. Most of the emotionally affecting and thought-provoking tales in MOTHER KNOWS: 24 Tales of Motherhood (Washington Square Press; April 20, 2004; $14; 352 Pages; Paperback Original) have never appeared anywhere except in Glimmer Train—a quarterly literary magazine edited by sisters Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies.

In the ten-plus years since Susan and Linda founded Glimmer Train, they have presented an astonishing array of talented and innovative authors to a growing readership hungry for quality, inspiring fiction. The storytellers in MOTHER KNOWS include established authors, as well as emerging talents like Junot Díaz and award-winning writers like Karen Outen, Robin Bradford, and Lee Martin. Their tales 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 KNOWS is a thoughtful gift, a great read, and a powerful exploration of the most mysterious bond in life.

About the Editors: 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.

Story Contributors, in order of appearance: Karen Outen, Dianne King Akers, Monica Wood, H.G. Carrillo, Susanna Bullock, Diane Chang, Richard Bausch, Michael Frank, A. Papatya Bucak, George Makana Clark, Ronald F. Currie Jr., Jennifer Seoyuen Oh, Junot Diaz, Nancy Reisman, Karenmary Penn, J. Patrice Whetsell, Nathan Long, Margo Rabb, Joyce Carol Oates, Doug Crandell, Lee Martin, Ioanna Carlsen, Robin Bradford, and Ann Beattie.

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MOTHER KNOWS By Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda B. Swanson-Davies Washington Square Press Paperback Original 320 Pages Publication date: April 20, 2004 Price: $14.00 Isbn: 0-7434-8878-4

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Although we do not have Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood available for sale here at our site, look for it at your favorite local bookstore or buy it online from stores such as Powell's Books and Amazon. Published through Simon & Schuster, the entire Mother Knows anthology is comprised of stories that were first presented in Glimmer Train Stories!