Jen Bryant
Jen Bryant is a senior editor at MUTHA Magazine and a creative nonfiction reader for Mud Season Review. Her work has appeared in The Sun, Ms., BUST, Cleaver Magazine, JMWW, MER Literary, Hip Mama, and elsewhere. Jen is a Ucross Foundation Fellow, and her writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best American Essays. Originally from the South, she currently lives in the Midwest.
August 26th, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
Once we start examining why infant adoption happens, the myths we tell ourselves about adoption begin to unravel very quickly
June 26th, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
We are always coming of age, and adulthood is also marked by moments where we leave our past self behind and enter into a new sense of identity.
June 17th, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
I immediately started writing after I realized I was in a cult – not necessarily with the intention of turning it into a book, but because I was like, “What happened?”
January 23rd, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
There’s no way to look at anything within the human experience without looking at how we love and care for each other, too
October 1st, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
How do you grieve a person who’s alive? How do you truly let them go
September 9th, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
Sometimes you think your situation is unique, but then you meet another mother who’s dealing with similar issues
May 14th, 2024 | by Jen Bryant
Part of the impetus for this book was that I wanted to read a history of single motherhood and I couldn’t find one – and that in itself surprised me
July 27th, 2023 | by Jen Bryant
"I somewhat naively believed that if I applied enough thinking and feeling and time and energy towards somehow solving the problem of my marriage falling apart, that by the time I got done with the book, I would get it — I would understand what happened, and I would be able to set it down."
July 14th, 2022 | by Jen Bryant
In light of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health overturning Roe v. Wade, we asked MUTHAs: "How has abortion access, or lack thereof, affected your life?"
June 8th, 2022 | by Jen Bryant
Now that the weather is getting warmer, my son and I have been going for walks in the evening. After
