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Cheryl Klein

Los Angeles, New York
As seen in: MUTHA Magazine, Medium, Disney Publishing, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, The Millions, The Villager (Ellicottville, Chautauqua)
Writer, co-editor @MuthaMagazine, author of CRYBABY (@BrownPaperPress). Pronouns: she/her. Adjectives: anxious/tired.
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A Dark History of White Saviors: Paige Towers on Her New Book About Familicide and Korean Adoption

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By Cheryl Klein
| MUTHA Magazine
There is an image in What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption that I cannot get out of my head: Because the Holt Adoption Program could not or would not pay for a pressurized plane to transport Korean babies to their adoptive homes in the U.S., the babies traveled by cargo plane. When the plane dipped below 9,000 feet, the ride would get so bumpy that the babies threw up. When it rose to a typical cruising altitude, the babies’ lips would turn blue for lack of oxygen.
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G is for Generation: On Finishing Our Parents’ Projects, Or Not

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By Cheryl Klein
| MUTHA Magazine
When my mom died in 2003, she left behind dozens of drawings and paintings. She worked as a children’s librarian, and most of her artwork could have lived in a picture book. Not the cutesy kind, but the kind that winks at other worlds. With pen and ink and colored pencil, she summoned wit and whimsy and shadow. Trina Schart Hyman, who captured the beauty and darkness of fairy tales, was one of her favorite illustrators.
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The Poop Monster

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By Cheryl Klein
| MUTHA Magazine
In theory, Joey was potty trained. It was a requirement for entry into preschool at the center he’d attended since he was five months old. The deadline took my spouse and I by surprise, because his older brother had encountered no such thing at the same place seven years earlier. The teachers had just marched the toddler class to a row of low-to-the ground toilets several times a day until they got the hang of it.
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