Pen Parentis - Inspiring Writers Who Have Kids

Pen Parentis posts content to inspire people who have kids to stay on creative track -- hear livecasts from Min Jin Lee, Victor LaValle, Mira Jacob, Darin Strauss, Jennifer Egan, Kelly Link, and hundreds more. Poets, genre writers, literary award-winning writers: what they have in common is that ALL OF THEM HAVE KIDS. 

These Literary Salons include short readings, intimate Q&A about life-work balance and the craft of writing. Founded in Manhattan in 2009, they are currently co-hosted online by Columbia MFA classmates and award-winning NYC authors, M. M. De Voe (Book & Baby, 2021) & Christina Chiu (Beauty, 2019).

Pen Parentis is a literary nonprofit that helps writers stay on creative track after they have kids. 

Our Cycle of Support includes Weekly Accountability Meetups - Monthly Literary Salons  - Annual Fellowship Award
Donate or find out more at penparentis.org