Laura June is author of Now My Heart Is Full.\n\n\u201cParenting wasn\u2019t considered literary fodder for a long time. I think women in particular are raised not to complain. Which is not what I was doing. If you have to boil it down, it\u2019s base emotion. Then you\u2019re complaining about how hard it is. Or, the opposite end, you\u2019re bragging. There\u2019s no in between. Most of my writing is in between.\u201d\n\n\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Read This Summer, Google Play, and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@laura_june\n\n\nJune on Longform\n\n\n[1:25] June on The Verge\n\n\n[1:25] "For Amusement Only" (The Verge \u2022 Jan 2013)\n\n\n[2:10] Now My Heart Is Full\n\n\n[2:40] Topolsky on Longform\n\n\n[3:15] June's archive at The Cut\n\n\n[11:00] June's archive at The Awl\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices