Features
M.A.M.A. Issue 42 – Afrooist and Wendy Carolina Franco
Procreate Project, the Museum of Motherhood and the Mom Egg Review are pleased to announce the 42nd edition of this scholarly discourse intersects with the artistic to explore the wonder and the challenges of motherhood. Using words and art to connect new pathways between the academic, the para-academic, the…
Legacy: On Our Poetry Mothers
By Ana C.H. Silva One of my poetry mothers, Sharon Dolin, once gently challenged me, “Who are you reading right now?” I appreciated what she was really saying: to be a good writer, you need to be a great…
M.A.M.A. Issue 41 – Michele Landel and Ann E. Wallace
–M.A.M.A. Issue 41 Michele Landel, Art, and Ann E. Wallace, Poetry Ann E. Wallace, Poetry Closed Close the door. She looks at me like I am ridiculous. But I only left it open for a minute. A…
M.A.M.A. Issue 40 – Anna Perach, Art, and Jane Yolen, Poetry
– M.A.M.A. Issue 40 – Anna Perach, Art, and Jane Yolen, Poetry Anna Perach Anna’s practice is informed by the dynamic between personal and cultural myths. She explores how our private narratives are deeply rooted in ancient storytelling and…
Courtney Kessel – Art
Courtney Kessel – “In Balance With” and Other Works Courtney Kessel’s inventive collaborative works with her daughter Chloe use Kessel’s initial script or score, but rely on each performer’s interpretations and contributions. She notes, “I guess the best way…
M.A.M.A. Issue 39 – Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor and Kimberly L. Becker
M.A.M.A. Issue 39 – Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor Muttererde (2017) Video and Kimberly L. Becker – “Language Class” Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor Muttererde (2017) Video Muttererde profiles conversations with five black femmes on the knowledge and non-knowledge of their mothers,…
M.A.M.A. Issue 38 – Casey Jenkins and Amy Watkins
Issue 38 – October Casey Jenkins – sMother [Performance Art] and Amy Watkins, Poetry Casey Jenkins sMother psychological-endurance artwork. Gendered assumptions, judgments and advice – whether meant to protect or to control – bind and confine those perceived to…
Dafne DeJesus – Art
Dafne DeJesus: “Mother’s Helper” Nature provides. Nature can also take everything back in a minute. What we all do to contribute to and take care of our Mother is absolutely essential to our survival as human beings. Before I…
Interview with Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Interview, Poetry and Artwork featuring Keisha-Gaye Anderson Folio curated by JP Howard for Mom Egg Review VOX Online JP – Congratulations on your new books! I know that Everything is Necessary has just been published by Willow Books and…
Naomi Lawrence – Art
Art by Naomi Lawrence I admit I cyber-stalked Naomi Lawrence. Her flower creations started appearing around El Barrio, in NYC, about 2014, on metal fences; bright spots of improbably large flowers floating in front of abandoned lots. Blue…
Keisha-Gaye Anderson – Poetry and Art
Poetry by Keisha-Gaye Anderson from Everything is Necessary Everything is Necessary every thing is necessary, required to be is just is how you see is up to you are you pink and green caladium, a field of hearts in bloom,…
Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day! On Mother’s Day, MER celebrates all aspects of “mother”–the noun (“a mother’) but also the verb (“to mother”), and, for that matter, adjective and adverb. Wishing all who mother in any way a beautiful day! French…