Notes to New Mothers

An anthology edited by Rebecca Knight and Julie Buntin, in which sixty-five writers and artists record the early months of motherhood in scenes and short notes, written to fit the fragmented hours of new parenthood.

Contributors include Julia Phillips, Liana Finck, Jenny Slate and Naima Coster. The editors began the project comparing notes in their own fourth trimesters, looking for a book that didn't yet exist.

Good to know

• Edited by Rebecca Knight and Julie Buntin
• 320 pages, paper-over-board, no dust jacket
• W. W. Norton, September 2026