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…
Browsing: Back Issues
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
The Mom Egg Vol. 6 2008 Paper, 114 pp. Featured in this edition are prize-winning poet Sharon Dolin’s wry “To Worry, A Wallow,” “Marry Yourself,” by Joy Rose, lead singer of Housewives on Prozac, Caribbean-American poet Cheryl Boyce Taylor’s poignant “Nineteen…
The Mom Egg Vol. 5 2007 Paper, 101 pages. New mothers to grandmothers examine issues ranging from single motherhood, dating younger men, separation anxiety, the body, caring for older parents, the changing nuclear family, and sex. Featuring work by Alana…
Get the Issue Leap of Faith by Deborah L. Blicher – The little boy I hope will become my son lines up his scuffed shoes on the edge of the sandbox, gauging the distance to the ground.…