Brain, Child'A good read is what Brain, Child is all about.' - The Washington PostBrain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, founded in 1999, is an award-winning literary magazine dedicated to motherhood. Each issue contains personal essays, a short story, poetry, debates, book reviews and news. Contributors have included Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists Jane Smiley and Anne Tyler, best-selling authors Anne Hood and Barbara Ehrenreich, and acclaimed writers Antonya Nelson, Alice Hoffman, Patricia Hermes, Virginia Holman and Susan Maushart.In 2010, Brain, Child received the Utne Independent Press Award for Social/Cultural Coverage, and has been nominated for additional categories since then including General Excellence, Best Writing, and Best New Title. Individual essays, articles and fiction from Brain, Child have also won awards, including numerous Pushcart Prizes and mentions in The Best American Essays.In 2012 Brain, Child was purchased by Erielle Media LLC. Since then the magazine's footprint has expanded to include the launch of its digital edition for the iPad and its first special issue devoted to parents of teenagers. more... See more text