Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Books on our radar this month, new and coming soon! Jennifer Gravley, The Story I Told My Mother: Poems and an Essay, Twelve Winters Press, September 2023, poetry. The first book from short…
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Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Upcoming and new books on our radar! Megan Merchant, Hortensia, in Winter, New American Press, October 2024, poetry Hortensia, in Winter, winner of the New American Poetry Prize, is a series of prose poems…
MER Bookshelf – September 2024 Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Jennifer Lang, Landed: A yogi’s memoir in pieces & poses, Vine Leaves Press, October 2024, creative nonfiction (memoir) American-born Jennifer traces her journey—both on and off the yoga mat—reckoning…
Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley New and coming soon: notable books with a focus on motherhood and women’s lives. Joan Kwon Glass, Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms, Perugia Press, September 2024, poetry. Cast across continents and centuries, matrilineage…
Curated by Melissa Joplin Highley Hollay Ghadery, Widow Fantasies, Gordon Hill Press, September 2024, fiction (short stories). The stories in Widow Fantasies deftly explore the subjugation of women through the often subversive act of fantasizing. From a variety of…
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…
New fiction, both novels and short stories, memoir, and poetry. Eileen Vorbach Collins, Love in the Archives, Apprentice House 11/23, nonfiction (suicide). Eileen Vorbach Collins’s Love in the Archives, a Patchwork of True Stories About Suicide Loss, is a collection…
MER Bookshelf April 2024 Books of poetry, memoir, fiction, short stories, and an anthology on our radar….. Sarah Ghazal Ali, Theophanies. Alice James Books, 2024. (poetry). Moving between the scriptures of the Qur’an and the Bible, the poems…
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…
MER February Bookshelf Lots of intriguing new and recent books, many from our contributors. Take a look! Morgan Baker Emptying the Nest: Getting Better at Goodbyes (Ten16Press, May 2023; memoir) is about reinventing yourself, learning how to handle loss,…