Book Reviews

Mom Egg Review publishes reviews of recent books (including chapbooks) of poetry, fiction and creative prose, by mother writers, and of books focused on motherhood or women’s experiences and issues.  If you are interested in having your book reviewed, please visit Book Review Request for more info. 

If you are interested in reviewing books for us, please check out our page of Books for Review and Guidelines, and then email us at [email protected]

Review by Jane Ward    In Barnflower: A Rhode Island Farm Memoir, award-winning short story writer and poet Carla Panciera presents a deeply moving collection of nineteen standalone stories that, read as a whole, pay tribute to the years she…

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Review by Mindy Kronenberg Andrea Deeken’s debut chapbook, Mother Kingdom, is an elegantly presented collection of poems that echoes other refined voices—Peacock, Olds, and Kooser—with its attention to striking imagery and startling realizations rising from both quiet moments and…

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