Mom Egg Review publishes reviews of recent books (including chapbooks) of poetry, fiction and creative prose, by mother writers, and of books focused on motherhood or women’s experiences and issues.
If you are interested in having your book reviewed, please visit Book Review Request for more info.
If you are interested in reviewing books for us, please check out our page of Books for Review and email us at [email protected]
Review by Sharon Tracey Laura Cresté’s first full-length poetry collection, In the Good Years, opens with dead horses…
Review by Susan Blumberg-Kason Diane Botnick writes in the prologue of her novel, Becoming Sarah, that a midwife at…
Review by Melissa Kutsche The events of Susan Buttenwieser’s debut novel, Junction of Earth and Sky, are set into…
Review by Rebecca Jane The Seeds empowers fresh perception, until perception become synonymous with ecological compassion. These poems stir…
Review by Emily Webber Jennifer Eli Bowen’s memoir in essays, The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and Being…
MER Bookshelf – December 2025 Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley New or forthcoming books of note (in order of date…
Review by Mary Makofske From the title poem, “At the Redemption Center,” where the prosaic recycling of bottles and…
Review by Mindy Kronenberg The memoir has become a prominent and innovative literary genre, evolving from conventional prose to…
Review by Megha Sood Pramila Venkateswaran, Poet Laureate Emerita of Suffolk County and author of multiple poetry collections, brings…
Curated by Melissa Joplin Higley New & notable, recent & forthcoming. Books are listed in order of publication date. Laurel…
Review by Rebecca Jane Count On Me untangles knotted emotions, traumas, and stories that connect grandmothers, mothers, and daughters.…
Marjorie Maddox On Writing Seeing Things Of all my books, the newest—Seeing Things (Wildhouse, February 2025)—proved the most difficult…
Mom Egg Review publishes reviews of recent books (including chapbooks) of poetry, fiction and creative prose, by mother writers, and of books focused on motherhood or women’s experiences and issues. If you are interested in having your book reviewed, please visit Book Review Request for more info.
If you are interested in reviewing books for us, please email us at [email protected]