December 2021
Welcome to the new issue of MER VOX Quarterly. We are pleased to present two new folios in this issue. “Ukrainian Voices” presents the work of Ukrainian poets, some in translation. Our latest Mother Figures folio, “Mother in Objects,” explores in prose and poetry the way physical objects come to evoke some essence of the mother. Our latest M.A.M.A. words-and-art collaboration introduces an installation at the Museum of Motherhood, Mother Tree by Helen Hiebert, and Nest by Martha Joy Rose and Polly Wood. Check out our latest book reviews, here.
Ukrainian Voices – A Poetry Folio
Curated by Jennifer Martelli and Cindy Veach
Poets
Natalka Bilotserkivets
Ania Chromova
Halyna Kruk
Jane Muschenetz
Dzvinia Orlowsky
Translators
Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky
Mother in Objects – A Folio of Prose and Poetry
Karren Alenier – Granddaughter Clara Spera explores Bubbie Ruth’s big closet
Sarah W. Bartlett – Linen Hankies
Patricia Carragon – i’ve put on my mother’s shoes
Jessica Feder-Birnbaum – If the Shoe Fits
Linda Lamenza – My Inheritance
Deborah LeFalle – Haiku
José Edmundo Ocampo Reyes – Poem with the Yellow Pages and Rotary Phone
Martha Webster – The Mourner’s Office
Art by Marcy Rae Henry
M.A.M.A. – Mothers Are Making Art
A Collaborative publication by the Museum of Motherhood, the ProCreate Project, and Mom Egg Review
Issue 50 – Featuring Art and Words by Harriet Hiebert, Martha Joy Rose and Polly Wood.