Review by Diane Gottlieb No one would accuse Rachel Zimmerman of burying the lede. Here’s how she starts “Widow,” chapter one of her riveting memoir Us After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide: If…
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Review by Janet McCann Theophany is an encounter with a deity that manifests in an observable and tangible form. These encounters are described in many religious texts and are part of the spiritual life. In this work, glimpses into…
Review by Emily Webber Jessica E. Johnson’s memoir, Mettlework: A Mining Daughter on Making Home, revisits her unique childhood during the 1970s and 1980s. Through her mother’s letters, written during Johnson’s childhood, Mettlework beautifully interweaves her mother’s journey with…
Review by Elizabeth Brown Fictions by Ashley Honeysett, the Miami University Press Novella Prize Winner 2023, is the author’s first book. She studied creative writing at Stephens College in Missouri and has lived in the United States, Ireland, and…
Review by Jane Ward Janelle Wolf’s birthday celebration is approaching, Charles Wolf’s business is going through a rebrand, and their daughter–Mira–is planning her wedding. On the surface, it appears the Wolf family leads a rather ordinary life. But award-winning…
Review by Theta Pavis Carole Stone’s latest book Limited Editions (her sixth poetry collection) is a love song to a treasured life. Stone, a distinguished professor of English, Emerita, at Montclair State University, writes about a love that encompassed…
Review by Annamaria Formichella After twenty years of publishing Literary Mama, a publication dedicated to writing for and by mothers, current and past staff members created a space to share their own stories in Labor of Love: A Literary…
MER Bookshelf – June 2024 Staff Picks – new books of fiction, memoir, and poetry. –Compiled by Melissa Joplin Higley. Alison Stone, Informed, NYQ Books, May 2024, poetry Pulling traditional forms into the 21st century, Alison Stone uses…
Review by Sharon Tracey Lady Wing Shot, the third prize-winning poetry collection by Sara Moore Wagner, takes us deep inside the life and times of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, a woman whose fame and legend has outlived and somewhat eclipsed…
In “The Mother Artist,” Author Catherine Ricketts Imagines A World Shaped By Care Review by Kate Lewis The central question in author Catherine Ricketts’ new work of non-fiction, The Mother Artist: Portraits of Ambition, Limitation, and Creativity, comes early…