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]

Exciting new titles in nonfiction and poetry. Catherine Ricketts The Mother Artist: Portraits of Ambition, Limitation, and Creativity. Broadleaf Books, April 16, 2024 This work of literary nonfiction blends memoir with studies of the art and lives of women artists who…

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Forest Reverie: A Review by Suzette Bishop of Suzanne Frischkorn’s Whipsaw The New England forest surrounds us, lives in us, in Whipsaw by Cuban-American poet and essayist, Suzanne Frischkorn. This is her newest poetry collection just out from Anhinga…

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Review by Mary Ellen Talley Susan Rich demonstrates her command of poetic imagery and manuscript crafting in her sixth collection, Blue Atlas. The title refers to the resilient blue-green tipped cedar tree that is native to North Africa. “Hourglass,”…

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