Bøger af Hayley Mitchell Haugen

My "Mommy Merit Badge" pieces are a series of short-short essays on various parenting foibles and adventures. They first appeared on my now defunct blog, What the Grimmgirl Looks Forward to, between 2010 and 2012.

What we learn from fairy tales is that things do not turn out so well for the Grimm Girl. Her pain and her losses are not hers alone, however, but remain recognizable to all women through the ages. The poems in this collection explore various challenges -- both physical and emotional -- of moving from girlhood to womanhood in 20th century America, a contemporary world, not so far removed from the brothers Grimm.

A selection of essays discusses the themes of Ralph Ellison's 1952 novel.