Toward a Peeping Sunrise, Carole Mertz’s chapbook, wakes in surreal opening, gathers momentum with “Dolly’s Broke,” buzzes forward into a frantic evacuation, then settles into her serene autumn poem. Mertz is “A poet of liminal spaces [who] navigates with lyrical…
Donna J. Gelagotis Lee Reading & Book Launch Intersection on Neptune Winner of the Prize Americana for Poetry 2018 The Poetry Press of Press Americana (2019) Bridgewater Public Library Somerset Poetry Group 1 Vogt Drive Bridgewater, N.J. Wednesday, September 4,…
Barbara Crooker’s eighth book of poetry, The Book of Kells, focuses on the illuminated medieval manuscript with a series of meditations on its various aspects, from the ink and pigments used by the scribes and illustrators to the various plants,…
Carol Levin’s third full volume, just released, “An Undercurrent of Jitters” from MoonPath Press. An odyssey into multiple facets of the subject of marriage. Within: laws, history, culture, rules, religion, commerce, gender, expectations, outcomes and personal dramas.
Carol Smallwood has been awarded the Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for her lifetime work in writing, librarianship, education. Much of her work has the theme of women in her essays, anthologies, and poetry and she is grateful for Mom Egg…
CONNECTING, EDUCATING, ADVOCATING, & LEADING SINCE 1917 WNBA Writing Contest 2018 The Women’s National Book Association Writing Contest is now open! Submit Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction/Memoir and Young Adult. Publication for top 4 winners in each category and Cash Prize for…
Suzanne Kamata Suzanne Kamata’s fourth novel The Mermaids of Lake Michigan was published earlier this year, and won a Silver IPPY Award. She has also recently published a novella-length travelogue, A Girl’s Guide to the Islands, about exploring Japan’s Inland…
Our friend and longtime MER community member Fay Chiang has passed on/transitioned. I don’t usually share too much that’s personal online, but others’ generous words have helped me, so in that same spirit here are some thoughts. I met Fay through Bob…
Estelle Bruno was already in her 80’s when she began contributing work to Mom Egg. Her work was known for its economy and wit. She passed away in Oct. 2017. Here is a poem from The Mom Egg Vol.6. …