Literary Salons
since 2009

Since 2009​, on the second Tuesday of each month, M. M. DeVoe co-hosts the grant-winning Pen Parentis Literary Salons online with various writers and book industry titans discussing current work, writing practice and how that is affected (or not) by becoming parents. These online events are FREE and open to the public. 

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DeVoe has moderated more than 150 literary events in various locations in lower Manhattan and across the USA, including the National Writer-Parent Meetup which she founded in 2012 as part of Pen Parentis programming. She has co-hosted with various authors including Christna Chiu, Vanessa Walters, Meg Lemke, Amy Shearn, Arlaina Tibensky, and Brian Gresko.

 

During these events, more than 400 authors who are also parents have discussed their life-work balance, performing short readings and talking writing craft -- including luminaries such as Jennifer Egan, Min Jin Lee, Victor LaValle, Mat Johnson, Ed Lin, Tina Chang, Jennifer Probst, Mahogany L Browne, Cleyvis Natera, Domenica Ruta, Andre Aciman, Ching-In Chen, Sarah Langan, Helen Phillips, John Donohue, John Reed, Dionne Ford, Kelly LInk, Lev Grossman, David Gerrold, and hundreds of others.

 

Since April 2020, these events are online -  all shows are available on YouTube.

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BOOK & BABY is an account of the first ten years of running Pen Parentis - part memoir, part encouraging  "what to expect" guide, the book collects the experience of 300+ writers who passed through the Salons and is arranged from infant to grown-and-flown kids of writers. It will inspire you to find your writing mojo and be productive at each stage of your parenting life.

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Learn more about the organization and how to become involved at www.penparentis.org.   Visit our annex at www.writerparentannex.com to explore and access resources for all writer-parents.