Review by Issa M. Lewis – A first-time expectant mother looks for a roadmap as she prepares for her pregnancy, her birth, and her parenting. She asks questions of her friends, her sisters, her own mother; she mines the internet’s trove of parenting websites and reads every book that crosses her path. She searches for the clichéd “what to expect.” However, for some women, the journey to motherhood—from trying to conceive, to birth, and early years of raising their children—does not fall into the bounds of “what to expect.” Multiples Illuminated serves as roadmap for those women—women who…
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Review by Libby Maxey – I’m rather new to the world of small fiction (also known as flash fiction, micro fiction, short shorts, sudden fiction, quick fiction—and there may be more names that I’ve yet to run across). As an established literary genre, however, small fiction is still fairly new itself; this is only the second year that it has had its own “best-of” anthology. Nevertheless, this collection features an international crowd of much-published and much-awarded authors, and it feels absolutely packed with material, even though the forty-five stories included would amount to fewer than a hundred pages in…
Mothers Are Making Art A collaborative project among Mom Egg Review, the ProCreate Project, the Museum of Motherhood, and The Mother Magazine, Mothers Are Making Art (M.A.M.A.) pairs work by mother visual artists with words from Mom Egg Review writers. The project recently reached its one-year anniversary and is still going strong. Follow the links below to view the collaborations. 8/1/16 Art by Megan Wynne Poem by Susan Vespoli, “Sonogram” http://www.procreateproject.com/ 7/1/16 M.A.M.A. Issue 18 Art by Alex March http://www.procreateproject.com/m-a-m-a-issue-n-18-alex-march/ 6/1/16 M.A.M.A. Anniversary Issue One Year Anniversary Art with Susan Vespoli’s “Sonogram” from MER 14. https://mommuseum.org/2016/06/01/one-year-of-m-a-m-a-mothers-are-making-art-click/ 5/1/16 M.A.M.A. Issue 17 Art by…
Mom Egg Review Vol.13 With “Compassionate Action” Folio 2015 Paper, 145 pages. At the center—fittingly, at the heart—of this issue is a special poetry folio, edited by Jennifer Jean, focused on the theme of “Compassionate Action”. The poems in this section explore and inspire amelioration through action with good will, understanding, kindness, and generosity. Featuring work by Colleen Michaels, Beth Bosworth, Louie Clay, Megan Merchant, E.J. Antonio. Editor in Chief Marjorie Tesser Compassionate Action Folio Editor Jennifer Jean Reader Jennifer Martelli Readers for Vol. 13 Jessie Bacho Patrice Boyer Claeys Elizabeth Lara Jennifer Martelli Ana C.H. Silva Becky Tipper…
Mom Egg Review Vol. 12 2014 Paper, 142 pages. – The paradigm shift of pregnancy and child-raising, mothers’ work, mothers’ bodies, partnering and going it alone, loss, nurturing, making art. Includes work by E.J. Antonio, Nicole Callihan, Claudia D. Hernandez, Hester Jones, Diane Lockward, Charlotte Mandel, January G. O’Neill, and more. Contributors Elvis Alves Holly Anderson E.J. Antonio Priscilla Atkins Felice Aull Rose Auslander Mary Jo Balistreri Kelly Bargabos Caroline Beasley-Baker Patricia Behrens Andrea Beltran. Carol Berg Susie Berg Genevieve Betts Emily R. Blumenfeld Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Deborah Brandon Amy Brunvand Gabriella Burman Melisa “Misha” Cahnmann-Taylor Rosalie Calabrese Nicole Callihan.…
The Mom Egg Vol. 11 “Mother Tongue” 2013 Paper,125 pages. $18 “Mother Tongue’s” many flavors: Mother Tongue has been silenced—and freed. Mother Tongue names. Mother Tongue tastes and plays. A must-read for mothers and lovers of language. Bob Holman, Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Mary Buchinger, Lori Desrosiers, Lois Marie Harrod, Aparna Mani, Wendy Vardaman and others. CONTRIBUTORS Marie Abate L. N. Allen Holly Anderson Keisha-Gaye Anderson Rose Auslander Jessica Barksdale Janet Barry Jeanette Barszewski Eleanor Leonne Bennett Michael Bennett Margo Berdeshevsky Sheila Black. Emily R. Blumenfeld Mariah Boone Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Gabriella Brand Mary Buchinger Rosalie Calabrese Sharon Campbell Patricia Caspers Janet Chalmers…
The Mom Egg Vol. 10 “The Body” 2012 Paper,120 pages.$18 The Mom Egg 10 grapples with “The Body”—body image, sexuality, bodies of loved ones, and our own, the body politic, bodies of work and of water. These works are brave, honest, and revealing. Helen Ruggieri, Molly Sutton Kiefer, Matthew Miller, Anna Garza G’z, Jessy Randall, Puma Perl, J.P. Howard, Monica A. Hand and more. Contributors Susan J. Allspaw E.J. Antonio Felice Aull Miriam Axel-Lute Linda Lee Ortiz Hughes Bakke Kelly Bargabos Jessica Barksdale Virginia Bell Eleanor Leonne Bennett Margo Berdeshevsky Teresa Tumminello Brader Melisa “Misha” Cahnmann-Taylor Rosalie Calabrese Valentina Cano…
The Mom Egg Vol.9 2011 Paper, 120 pages. $18 Margo Berdeshevsky’s photo essay excerpt “In the Shadows of Motherhood” frames poems and stories in varying light, bright to dark. Contributors include Olga Abella , Cheryl Boyce-Taylor , MRB Chelko , Floyd Cheung, Fay Chiang, Nicelle Davis, Jennifer Edwards, Kelli Stevens Kane, Jan Heller Levi, Rachael Lynn Nevins, Jonathan Wells. Contributors Olga Abella Marci Ameluxen Robyn Art A.M. Baker Kelly Bargabos Margo Berdeshevsky Carol Berg Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Tammy Bradshaw Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser Rosalie Calabrese Sharon Campbell Carla Carlson Patricia Carragon Liane Kupferberg Carter Sarah Cavallaro MRB Chelko Floyd Cheung Fay Chiang Heather…
The Mom Egg Vol. 8 “Lessons” 2010 Paper, 136 pages. $18 From The Mom Egg, a theme issue, “Lessons”, some to live by, others best ignored. Trenchant, lyrical, savage, and funny, the issue includes work by Kimberly L. Becker, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, James Cihlar, Janlori Goldman, Veronica Liu, Tara Masih, Susan Tepper, Kirstin Hotelling Zona. TABLE OF CONTENTS Kimberly L. Becker – Language Class Marian Kaplun Shapiro – Bah Judith O’Brien – Ways To Say the World Katherine Swett – Acrobatic Alphabet Helen Ruggieri – A Gourmet’s Linguistic Analysis of Culture Joanne G. Yoshida – The North Wind, Poetry, and Pimentos…
The Mom Egg Vol. 7 – Tales of African, Caribbean, South and North American mothers. This issue contains work from iconoclastic visual artist Heide Hatry, Malaika King Albrecht, Elizabeth Aquino, Denise Emanuel Clemen, Tami Haaland, Mary Merriam, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and more. The Mom Egg Vol. 7 2009 Paper, 124 pages. $18 Contributors Malaika King Albrecht Eileen Apperson Elizabeth Aquino Judith Arcana Michelle Augello-Page Robyn Beattie Orna Ben-Shoshan Kristina Bicher Jenn Blair Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Liz Brennan Estelle Bruno Sarah Cavallaro Sabra Ciancanelli Denise Emanuel Clemen Sarah Conover Kathy Curto Arfah Daud Nicelle Davis Wendy Levine DeVito Jennifer Edwards (Jen/ED)…