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There's so much time, and so
little to do . . . Stop! Reverse that!
--
Willy Wonka
Interview
with Dick Gordon from North Carolina Public Radio -
WUNC:
"Mom, when did you..." On
April 27, my daughter Annie and I were featured on
"The Story with Dick
Gordon,"
an American Public Radio show produced at North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC
"Over dinner, Annie asked her mother: 'How old were you
when you first had sex?' Annie stammered through her question. Ericka then
took a deep breath, finished her daughter's question, and answered it,
truthfully. Dick Gordon talks to Ericka about why she decided to share the
story of her first sexual experience with her daughter. Annie also tells Dick
why it's so important for her to be able to talk to her mother about
sex."
Visit the archives for pictures and links, or download
the mp3 directly.
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What
Are You Working On? Writers on their works in progress, an
interview with Mark Pritchard:
"I've spent the last few years
learning how to write good short stories, which require a tight
focus. Novels are a bigger canvas, so while you get to make bigger strokes
(easier!) you also need to cover more ground (harder!). So I'm working on
finding this novel's pace and voice. The beginning stages -- and this means
many months -- of a project don't always feel rewarding as I struggle to
answer the big questions: what am I writing about? Why? Who cares?
I've completed two novels that are unpublished --
though I've published widely in other areas -- so this one is the keeper.
It's hard to write another novel when the first two remained unwanted. It's a
challenge to leave myself at the studio door, to get out of my own
way..."
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A
recent sample
of me in StepMama pundit mode...
And in child-rearing
advisor
mode...
And as author
of advice books for teenagers...
And in Travel
Expert mode...
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Interview with Ann Douglas at The
Mother of All Blogs:
"I've been impressed by the
variety of genres Ericka works in, her willingness to
constantly challenge herself as a writer, and her personal warmth and
generous spirit..."
Read
more
of our interview about the roots of my essay, "Why
My Garden."
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From New
Pages.com, August, 2004 review of Kaleidoscope:
Ericka Lutz's Mishpocheh (family) is an intricate
exploration of how, miraculously, human beings hold on to one another,
despite the world's attempts to make us let go.
-- Ann Stapleton
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From Publishers Weekly, 3/4/02:
For first-time parents, this is a
first-rate guide.  Lutz, a writing instructor at
UC Berkeley and columnist for the Babyzone.com
Web site, understands that many parents find traveling with their babies and
toddlers a major hassle. Between the diapers, carriage, changes of clothing,
toys and other paraphernalia, sometimes it's simpler to just stay home. A
parent and inveterate traveler herself, Lutz shares her own experiences as
she offers advice on different kinds of excursions, from plane trips to long
car drives to strolls around the block. Some of her topics such as finding
family-friendly hotels, choosing vacation spots can be found in other travel
guides, but most of the book addresses specific baby-oriented issues like
nursing on the road, eating out with infants and picky eaters, or taking kids
to stadiums. A particularly useful chapter on work covers home offices,
taking offspring on business trips, choosing child care and planning meetings
around a baby's schedule. Lutz also includes a trouble-shooting section that
covers a range of terrifying scenarios, from running out of baby wipes to
traveling with the little one through malaria country. For first-time
parents, this is a first-rate guide.
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Interview
with girltech.com
One
day when I was talking with my dad, he said ...
Read an interview
with Ericka Lutz, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Friendship for
Teens.
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Review
of "Child of Mine --
Barbara Hoffert "Library Journal
Every
mother loves nothing better than to share stories with other mothers about their
children, especially about the birth and the first days spent discovering
this utterly dependent and utterly independent little creature. And who
better to swap stories with than women who write and are thus capable of
articulating thoughts and feelings that for most of us simply come out as a
gush: "It's so wonderful!" Wonderful indeed are these stories from
topnotch talent ranging from Naomi Wolf to Mona Simpson to Allegra Goodman,
thoughtfully selected and edited by novelist and nonfiction author Kline.
From Marcelle Clements's poignant, slightly panicked cry, "What are
onesies?" to Wolf's dawning realization in the midst of a sojourn in
Italy that she is pregnant to
wrenching accounts by Ericka Lutz ("Thumbelina: The Complexities of
Having a Pretty Little Girl"), about a baby needlessly induced,
and Abigail Stone ("Bye Bye Baby: On Mother Guilt and Poverty"),
this is a splendid collection. Highly recommended.
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