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"Who's Your Mama? The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers" (Soft Skull Press, April 2009), a new anthology edited by Yvonne Bynoe does just that. Bynoe, mother, author, and founder of WorkingMomsMentor.com, points out that collections about motherhood usually feature one type of mother, one who is well-off, married, and white. "I was inspired to develop the anthology after reading numerous motherhood books that didn't resonate with me," she said. "I wanted to create a book that discussed authentic motherhood as one aspect of the female identity. Authentic motherhood is expressed in the numerous choices that each mother makes daily, monthly and yearly in relation to themselves and their children."

Read the entire article on my blog at The Root.