Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Maria Lisella, At the Hour of Now, Bordighera Press, April 2026, poetry Maria Lisella’s newest collection At the Hour of Now tells the unflinchingly honest story of a blended family that raises urgent questions,…
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Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Chelsea Krieg, Everything Is Water, Texas Review Press, March 2026, poetry Everything Is Water is an open letter to caregivers as the speaker grapples with her partner’s life-threatening illness, pregnancy and new motherhood, and…
Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Deborah Leipziger, Tell Me, Lily Poetry Review Books, February 2026, poetry Tell Me is a love letter to nature and to daughters, to the Beloved and to our future ancestors. These poems celebrate the…
Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Laurie D. Graham, Calling It Back to Me, McClelland & Stewart, March 2026, poetry In these searching, spare, and resonant poems, Laurie D. Graham traces the story of her great-grandmothers’ lives before and after…
MER Bookshelf Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Preeti Vangani, Fifty Mothers, River River Books, February 2026, poetry Preeti Vangani’s Fifty Mothers weaves narrative and elegy around the figure of a mother, the poems unfolding in the speaker’s Bombay home.…
MER Bookshelf – January 2026 Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Forthcoming books with flair! Susan L. Leary, More Flowers, Trio House Press, February 2026, poetry With lyrical acuity, philosophical insight, and deep reverence for girlhood, womanhood, and the wildly…
MER Bookshelf – December 2025 Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley New or forthcoming books of note (in order of date of publication). Bonnie Naradzay, Invited to the Feast, Slant Books, October 2025, poetry Bonnie Naradzay’s journey—as mother, professional, teacher, and…
Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley New & notable, recent & forthcoming. Books are listed in order of publication date. Laurel Benjamin, Flowers on a Train, Sheila-Na-Gig, June 2025, poetry Flowers on a Train traverses a natural world both real and…
Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Upcoming, new, and noted books (listed in order of date of publication). Geri Lipschultz, Grace Before the Fall, DarkWinter Press, August 2025, literary fiction (novel) Grace Before the Fall is a reminder that every…
Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley Marjorie Maddox, Seeing Things, Wildhouse Publishing, February 2025, poetry With its focus on memory, illness, and their ramifications, Seeing Things explores overlapping roles of a daughter whose mother is entering the beginning stages…