From the New Yorker’s Readings and Talks column:

“THE EDGY MOTHERS READING”

The writers Lenore Skenazy, Louise Crawford, Amy Sohn, Louise Sloan,
Christen Clifford, Michele Madigan Somerville, and Sophia Romero share
their jagged takes on motherhood. (The Montauk Club, 25 Eighth Ave.,
Park Slope, Brooklyn. No tickets necessary. For more information, call
718-638-0800. May 15 at 7.)

Here are more ‘tails:

The Second Annual Edgy Moms Reading

Tales of Motherhood without Sanctimony

Join eight notable and notably edgy mother-writers for a fun reading 
over a much-needed cocktail, just a few days after Mothers Day.  From 
single moms to sexy moms to moms who let their kids ride the MTA 
alone, these writers will shock and entertain you, and they won’t 
make you eat your vegetables before you get dessert.  They are:

Amy Benfer, essayist and Salon writer

Louise Crawford, Brooklyn Paper’s Smartmom and editor of Only the 
Blog Knows Brooklyn

Christen Clifford, writer/star of Off-Broadway’s hit show Babylove, 
true stories about sex and motherhood

Michele Madigan Somerville, poet and blogger, Fresh Poetry Daily

Sophia Romero, blogger, The Shiksa from Manila

Lenore Skenazy, controversial New York Sun writer

Louise Sloan, author of Knock Yourself Up:  A Tell-All Guide to 
Becoming a Single Mom

Amy Sohn, novelist, Run Catch Kiss and My Old Man

The Montauk Club

25 8th Avenue between Lincoln Pl. and St. Johns Pl. in Park Slope, 
Brooklyn

Thursday May 15th – TOMORROW!

7 p.m.:  Cocktails (cash bar)

7:30 p.m.:  Reading

Free and open to all (adults)

718-638-0800