Sarah Detweiler Unpacks the Connections Between Art and Motherhood in ‘Exist’
In her 2014 novel Department of Speculation, Jenny Offill coined the phrase “art monster,” writing: “My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead. Women almost never become art monsters because art monsters only concern themselves with art, never mundane things,” those mundane things including motherhood and caring for a child.
Claire Dederer and Lauren Elkin who discuss the ways women are often asked to choose between being an artist and being a mother. More
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