Featured Readers: Ambriel Bostic Mary Lou Buschi Kevin Carey MP Carver Jessica Femiani Laura Goldin Melissa Joplin Higley Debbie Koenig, Tessa Rossi Karen Elizabeth Sharpe Cristi Wells Ackerman Ambriel Floyd Bostic lives and writes in Brooklyn, NY. She is…
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MER 21 Launch Reading to take place Sunday, May 21st at the Jefferson Market Library in NYC.
Poetry Prompts by Anne Graue Anne Graue’s April Poem-a-Day Challenge Yes, it’s National Poetry Month again, and poets everywhere are thinking about writing a poem a day to celebrate while others are compiling lists of prompts to share with those…
Off site. On purpose. A Literary Reading SWWIM, MER, and NELLE, three premier literary journals representing women’s voices, co-host an off-site reading during the 2023 AWP Conference in Seattle. The evening will feature many of today’s celebrated women poets and…
MER Best of the Net Nominations Poetry June 14, 22 (Summer Girls) Terri Linton, “Boogie Down Girls” March 13, 22 (Release) Jessica Cuello, “Dear Mother (Silence was my pride)” N.F. Kimball “The Burial” December 14, 21 (Ukrainian Voices) Halyna…
RaShell R. Smith-Spears A Writer Speaks of Lineage My foremothers were magic. Their nimble fingers squeezed syntax into cauldrons of rhythm and rolled juju across pages that glared with our erasure; they poured images into white spaces defined by…