Review by Mindy Kronenberg In an interview in Literary Mama this past spring with editor Christina Consolino, Allison Blevins shared “As a mom, I have to sneak in moments to write. I write while sitting at a stoplight, pumping…
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Review by Claudia Putnam In the title poem of this debut collection, the speaker’s father has a saying: Since the house is burning, let us warm ourselves. The house is surely burning. We may be frightened, but there’s comfort…
Review by DeMisty D. Bellinger An ABD (all-but-done with dissertation) doctoral student absent of motivation, an artistic worker trapped in a corporate job and craving motherhood, and a yoga instructor seeking the good in all make up main characters…
Review by Lara Lillibridge You ask any four-year-old what they want to be when they grow up, and the answers are relatively predictable: doctor, teacher, firefighter, astronaut, veterinarian … […] My honest, doe-eyed reply? I wanted to be a…
Review by Ruth Hoberman “When I kiss her, I bend lower than I used to.” So thinks an adult daughter as she leaves her mother after a visit. Anyone who has ever had aging parents will recognize that gradual,…
Review by Kimberly Lee (M)othering—an anthology of writing and art edited by Annie Sorbie and Heidi Grogan (Inanna 2022) has a saturated indigo cover filled with vibrant shapes and patterns in contrasting colors that delight the eye. As the…
Review by Michelle Panik The book jacket for Dallas Woodburn’s collection of short stories, How to Make Paper When the World is Ending, describes itself as “the ghosts of what might yet be and the ghosts of what might…
Review by Ana C.H. Silva Elina Eihmane, a Latvian artist, filmmaker, poet, and mother based in Taipei, Taiwan, has published a gorgeous, handmade feast of visual poetry, One Day at the Taiwan Land Bank Dinosaur Museum through The Emma…
Review by Anna Laura Reeve Kirsten Shu-ying Chen’s impressive debut centers her experience caring for her dying mother, and the established structures and systems that erode under the influence of that grief. These poems exist in a liminal space,…
Review by Carla Panciera Remember when you discovered that Disney hadn’t gotten it right with their version of fairy tales? How they’d left out the rape of Sleeping Beauty, for example, or the fact that it was Snow White’s mother…