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Childless Mother: A Search for Son and Self - JLF Colorado: International Literature Festival

Childless Mother: A Search for Son and Self - JLF Colorado: International Literature Festival

Tracy Mayo was fourteen when she was hidden away in a maternity home, her voice stilled, her child taken. In Childless Mother: A Search for Son and Self, she returns to the silence that shaped her, weaving memory and longing into a luminous search for the son she was forced to leave behind. A story of exile, return, and the quiet defiance of remembering. Tracy Mayo in conversation with Mary Margaret Golten.

Venue: Steps

All are invited to JLF Colorado - an annual international literature festival of books, ideas, stories and camaraderie - September 13-14 at Boulder Public Library.

Date:
Saturday, Sep 13 2025
Time:
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location:
Main Library

Audience:
  Ages 12 to 18     Ages 18+  
Categories:
  Author Talk  

JLF Colorado is a proud sister festival of the world-renowned Jaipur Literature Festival. JLF Colorado is produced by Teamwork Arts and has been hosted each September in Boulder, Colorado since 2014. We bring together inspiring authors and thought leaders from across the state and around the world. 

JLF Colorado is free and open to all. Come for the morning music, stay for engaging conversations—and feel free to attend one session or many. Register for the festival today to secure your spot and receive updates about authors, program sessions, and volunteer opportunities.

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