MER Statement
We Stand With the People The Offing Dear readers, We have been and will always be committed to the work of Black, Indigenous, POC, Women, GNC, LGBTQ+, Disabled, and all marginalized peoples. It is with a heavy heart that we…
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Voices from HOME- A Virtual Reading From MER 18
Mom Egg Review Proudly Presents Voices from Home A Virtual Reading from MER 18 – HOME Issue Mom Egg Review celebrates its HOME issue with a virtual reading by contributing writers and poets. When the theme for this year’s…
Welcome to the Reading – A Message from the Editors
Marjorie Tesser, Jennifer Martelli and Cindy Veach Mom Egg Review Editors welcome you to a very special reading of work from MER 18 – HOME
Lan Tran – Sewn
Lan Tran Sewn From Mom Egg Review 18 – HOME Lan Tran’s writing has previously been anthologized in A New Literary History of America (Harvard University Press, 2009) and Waking Up American (Seal Press, 2005). Lan has also also…
Ingrid Wendt – Leaving the House
Ingrid Wendt Leaving the House From Mom Egg Review 18 – HOME Ingrid Wendt, Leaving the House from Ingrid Wendt on Vimeo. Ingrid Wendt (Eugene, Oregon) and her late husband, writer Ralph Salisbury, once rescued an old house from…
Pramila Venkateswaran – History of My Suitcase
Pramila Venkateswaran History of My Suitcase From Mom Egg Review 18 – HOME Pramila Venkateswaran, poet laureate of Suffolk County, Long Island (2013-15) and co-director of Matwaala: South Asian Diaspora Poetry Festival, is the author of Thirtha (Yuganta…
Cynthia White – Cosmogenesis
Cynthia White Cosmogenesis From Mom Egg Review 18 – HOME https://soundcloud.com/themomegg/cynthia-white-reads-cosmogenesis Cynthia White’s poems have appeared in Narrative, New Letters, ZYZZYVA, Poet Lore and Catamaran among others. She’s been a finalist for both New Letter’s Patricia Cleary Miller Prize…
Jo Pitkin – Cinnamon Rice
Jo Pitkin On “Village: Cinnamon Rice” From Mom Egg Review 18 – HOME As a freelance educational writer, I was deeply affected by the 2008 recession. To offset my anxiety about earning a living, I began writing poems about…
Lisa López Smith – Author’s Note
On “In the Templo de la Compañía de Jesús in Oaxaca, Mexico” Lisa Lopez Smith From Mom Egg Review 18 – HOME Writing this essay helped me process my meeting with this young father and his infant daughter. We chatted…
Gail Thomas – Prayer for a Home Place
Gail Thomas Prayer for a Home Place From Mom Egg Review 18 – HOME Gail Thomas’ books are Odd Mercy, Waving Back, No Simple Wilderness, and Finding the Bear. Her poems have been widely published in journals and anthologies.…