Shannon J. Curtin

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Shannon J. Curtin

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  • About Shannon
  • Humor, Essays, Poems, ETC
  • Contact
  • Work With Me

Humor

 

The New Yorker

One-Star Reviews of Early-Parenthood Milestones 


McSweeney's Internet Tendency 

A PreSchoolers's Guide to Managing Your Personal Assistant

My 11-Month-Old Baby’s HR Discrimination Complaint 

Panels For the Association of Parents Who Watch Too Much Preschool Programming Conference 

Self Care Tips For Toddlers

My Toddler Emails A Complaint to Customer Service

Welcome to Chopped: Toddler Dinner Hour

New Year’s Resolutions for Toddlers

Your Preschooler Explains Tonight's Bedtime Menu

Scary Mommy

Your Baby Looks Cold and other Unhelpful Comments From Strangers 


Sammiches & Psych Meds

The 5 Stages of Family Photoshoots

 25 Toddler Approved Quarantine Activities 


SlackJaw

Written Notice of Our School Supply Religious Exception Request

I Am A Stock Image of A Sunset And I Am Tired of Being Your Inspirational Quote Fodder

Ten Places to Keep Your Rocks


Frazzled

 Your Annual Pandemic Performance Review, Provided By Us, Your Children 

 Shakespearean Sonnets Rewritten For Parents 

A Preschooler's Suggested Itinerary for a Covid Exposure StayCation


Greener Pastures

 The Son From “Love You Forever,” Sends His Mom A Cease-And-Desist Email 


Points in Case

Welcome to Your Life as My Child!

 An Appeal to the Committee's Ruling That Candy Is Not A Breakfast Food

List: Are You My Toddler or the Incredible Hulk?


Other

A Preschooler’s Guide to Ruining Autumnal Activities

Mothering Services Suspension Announcement


A few of my humor pieces have been republished in publications such as:

Reader's Digest

Red Tricycle

Internazionale




Essays

HOBART
Rewatching The Office To Keep My Dead Ex-Boyfriend Alive

Scary Mommy

I Hope My Son Remembers His Sixth Summer As A Good One

What I Want to Say to My Son’s Kindergarten Teacher 


Mother's Always Write

What No One Told Me About Becoming A Mother
What I Learned During My Baby’s First Year


Elephant Journal

A Perfect Meditation for A Busy Mom


AARP

The Importance of Intergenerational Friendships

Short Fiction/Lyric Essay

.forest creature, Second Chance Lit

Poems

My poetry has been published by a number of publications. A selection is included below.

Peach Velvet
GERM

Vox Poetica
The Camel Saloon
Shot Glass Journal
Liturgical Credo
Short, Fast, and Deadly
Ultra, As Others
Mothers Always Write
The Quotable

Rise Up Review


Chapbooks

Motherland

File Cabinet Heart

File Cabinet Heart

"I am happy to say that I have finally found a modern poet whose words make sense, who can drive home a pithy thought with the deft strokes of her keyboard, who makes me love poetry all over again."- Jennie Robertson 


Read More About Motherland 

File Cabinet Heart

File Cabinet Heart

File Cabinet Heart

" In this collection, I found some of the standout moments to be the little peculiar moments that come out of these dark situations " -Lee Busby

Read more about File Cabinet Heart


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