paper playgrounds

paper playgrounds

About the Substack

personal essays, lyrical prose, poetry and pictures that capture the exhausting exuberance of my mother-writer life | by katherine mansfield, a former journalist, current novelist, and mom to two 2 and younger writing just south of pgh, pa.

Free Subscription Benefits

• thursday morning happy (e)mail in the form of an essay, lyrical prose, or a shoddy poem, to be paired with coffee or tea :)

Paid Subcription Benefits

• free subscriber benefits, plus: the month in photos, on the last day of each month;
• a quarterly print publication comprised of a selection of "paper playgrounds" writings, and one unpublished piece;
• and the joy of helping a full-time stay-at-home-mom support both her own and her children's dreams :)

Paid Subscription Plans

• $12 a month
• $110 a year

About Katherine Mansfield

personal essays, lyrical prose, shoddy poems and pictures that capture the exhausting exuberance of my mother-writer life | 2 under 2 in pgh 💙🩷