Nancy Reddy
award-winning poet and essayist committing to unpacking the bad ideas that steal the joy from mothering
Broadcasts October 10, 2025, 10:30 PM
Book My Place
About this speaker
Nancy Reddy is the author of The Good Mother Myth, published by St. Martin’s Press in January 2025. Her previous books include the poetry collection Pocket Universe and the anthology The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood, which she co-edited with Emily Pérez. Her essays have appeared in Slate, Poets & Writers, Romper, The Millions, and elsewhere. She writes the newsletter Write More, Be Less Careful. You can find her on Instagram at nancy.o.reddy.
