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jennifer mattern

Essays & Nonfiction

Jenn's essays have appeared in numerous magazines and online: The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Berkshire Living Magazine, Brain, Child Magazine, LiteraryMama.com, the Berkshires' Advocate Weekly and Family Beat, and Fierce.

She is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee for her essays "Wean" (Brain, Child Winter 2004) and "How to Kill Twelve Hours" (Brain, Child Winter 2005)

Blog

Jenn's popular blog, breed 'em and weep, won Best Parenting Blog in the 2006 Weblog Awards. Thanks so much to all who voted!

Archives (May 2005 through November 2006) for breed 'em and weep can be found here.