Holly Rizzuto Palker
Holly is an award-winning writer, storyteller and journalist, an editor at Literary Mama, host of the podcast, The Mom Coms: Stand-up and Stories and co-host of, This Mama is Lit!. She is the proud founder and producer of The Mom Coms comedy troupe. Holly is also a board member and Secretary of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and a former freelance editor at Your Teen Magazine. But wait, most importantly, she is a mom to three kids and two dogs.
Her passions lie in the humor that comes with motherhood and interfaith family relationships. But, she also tells stories about a broad range of other topics.
Holly’s essays and articles appear in Business Insider, Parents, The New York Daily News, The Independent, Newsday, Literary Mama, Kveller, Huffington Post, Your Teen Magazine, Psycom, and more.
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It’s Too Important to Stay Quiet: A Conversation with Jennifer Weiner for Literary Mama
When Jennifer Weiner’s face popped up on Zoom for our scheduled interview, my inner fangirl screamed. Weiner chuckled and then apologized to me for having rescheduled our appointment. Her down-to-earth honesty drove the conversation. Although Weiner is a prolific and...
We’re All Stretch Armstrong Dolls: A Conversation with Jessica Grose
I was compelled to read Jessica Grose’s Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood (Mariner, 2022) based on the title alone. As an American mother who raised young children in the United Kingdom for four years, I couldn’t put my finger on the...
Was I the Worst Mother Ever?
An article for Psycom.net. Summer camp had just begun, and it was the first hot day of the year. The air outside looked wavy. I strapped my baby daughter into her car seat and kissed her chubby cheeks. Chelsea was impish and just shy of one year. She looked up at me...
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