Nicole Graev Lipson on Motherhood, Literature, and the Power of Complexity

Nicole Graev Lipson on Motherhood, Literature, and the Power of Complexity

Nicole Graev Lipson is an essayist whose work has appeared in The SunVirginia Quarterly ReviewThe Gettysburg ReviewThe MillionsThe Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, among other publications. Her debut book, Mothers and Other Fictional Characters, is a braided memoir that weaves personal experience with literary reflections to explore motherhood, womanhood, and the transformative power of reading.

Lipson and I chatted via email about the complexities of female friendship, the fictions that shape women’s lives, and the freedom that comes with aging.

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