If the Shoe Fits by Jessica Feder-Birnbaum How can we keep the dead alive? In memory? In spirit? In…deed?…
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An Imperfect Mother by Joan Leotta One of my early memories is marveling over a statue of Mary, the…
Point-Counterpoint by Linda Murphy Marshall Flip sides of the same coin. Yin and yang. Point, counterpoint. Sisters. Besides their…
May Day by Heather Haldeman “Hurray! Hurray! It’s the 1st of May. Outdoor sex starts today!” “Mom!” “I know,”…
Role Models? In this folio, our third in our series on “Mother Figures,” poets and prose writers grapple…
Aimee Pozorski It’s Nothing You Did A woman is most vulnerable flat on her back, knees to her…
Bruce Moody The Embrace Its wings, its ribs, shoulders, its skin have a mind that desires —…
Vivian Montgomery Her Study, Her Story My mother kept the door to her study open at all times. This is…
Golda Solomon She Did the Best She Could Friday nights at dusk she lit the Sabbath candles. Her ritual: hold a lit wooden…
Mother is Speaking: An MER VOX folio Curated by Keisha-Gaye Anderson Mother is speaking. She is the quiet voice that…