"The variety of voices and styles adds up to a mesmerizing tapestry of a generation, made up of both individual experiences and the commonalities between them. Readers of all walks of life will find much to savor here."

Starred Review | Publishers Weekly

“In A Story Larger than My Own, Janet Burroway has cannily compiled a glittering collage of narratives that dramatizes the achievements, perspectives, and problems of older women writers. From Margaret Atwood to Alicia Ostriker, Toi Derricote to Hilma Wolitaer, a range of accomplished artists review careers from which all readers have much to learn.”

Sandra Gilbert, coauthor of The Madwoman in the Attic

"A Story Larger than My Own is an essential book for women writers, for all writers, for readers, for people with mothers, for people who remember their mothers."

Cris Mazza, author of Something Wrong with Her

"Janet Burroway was my first writing teacher and when I read her work, I always hear her voice, warm and wise, giving me the courage to write. But in a very real sense, everyone in this collection is my teacher, my mentor, and to read what they have to say about writing and their writing lives, speaks directly to me. This is more than a must-read book, this is a book of psalms, of truths—a book every writer, or reader, should own."

Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of My Life as a Silent Movie and Space: A Memoir