Nimrod International Journal’s 40th annual Literary Awards close this month. Judged this year by Patricia Smith and Rilla Askew, the Awards feature first prizes of $2,000 and second prizes of $1,000 in fiction and poetry categories, as…
Jennifer Martelli and Cindy Veach will be guest editors for poetry for our upcoming issue. Jenn and Cindy are accomplished poets and are passionate about MER’s mission to publish the finest literature of motherhood. They will continue to co-edit poetry…
The ProCreate Project, the Museum of Motherhood and the Mom Egg Review are pleased to announce the 29th edition of this scholarly discourse, in which art and words intersect to explore the wonder and the challenges of motherhood. Using words…
Review by Jennifer Martelli In “Annalogue on Oranges,” Uljana Wolf writes, “ . . . . all travels are possible. / All ways of the voice that lead across it, are good” (69). As I read Wolf’s Subsisters: Selected…
Introducing Mom Egg Review 16 – MOTHERS WORK MOTHERS PLAY This issue of Mom Egg Review looks at PLAY and WORK through the lens of motherhood. Celebrated and emerging literary writers explore the following themes: The work of mothering, of…
Please Join Us for a Launch Party June 2! Mom Egg Review Vol. 16 Launch and Reading Sat. June 2 2018 3 to 5 PM (Doors at 2:45) Poets House 10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282 Advance Admission…
MER VOX Quarterly – Spring 2018 Feast your eyes on fabulous poems and art! Body Image A Poetry Folio Curated by Jennifer Martelli and Cindy Veach Featured Poets: Kathleen Aguero Kirun Kapur Jill McDonough Michelle Reale Tina Kelley Dawn…
For women body image can be fraught with conflict and cognitive dissonance. We are inundated with body images from the advertising and media world that are not representative of the full spectrum of womanhood … that don’t reflect the changes…
Dawn Paul VEINS My mother lies on her back on the big double bed lifts her right leg, straightens it, pumps her foot. See how swollen my ankle gets? Her ankle is smooth, shiny scribbled with thin red veins. She…
Virginia Chase Sutton CONSTELLATIONS On the skin inside my upper arms are galaxies of bruises, some as fresh as this morning, one or two for each day when Mother inspects to see if I’ve lost weight. I haven’t. She…