Simon and Schuster, For the Moms Demeter Press - academic writing Literary Mama Mom Egg Review Mutha Magazine

Shout-out from Simon and Schuster for the work of @literarymama.bsky.social, @merliterary.bsky.social, @muthamagazine.bsky.social, & Demeter Press!

Congratulations!

Jen Bryant - Lessons - MER - Mom Egg Review Jen Bryant Lessons   My son hunches over a math worksheet, brow furrowed in concentration. He solves an addition problem quickly, then reconsiders, doubling back. I watch as he erases carefully, then ...

“At twenty-four, I’m the youngest parent in my son’s first-grade class and the oldest student in my Sociology 201 lecture…”

Thrilled to have a new piece up at @merliterary.bsky.social today! ⬇️

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MER Bookshelf - January 2026 - MER - Mom Egg Review 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 i...

Thank you to @merliterary.bsky.social for including The Fall-Down Effect by @lizjohnston.bsky.social & The Tinder Sonnets by @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social on the MER Bookself list for January 2026.
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MER Best Small Fictions Nominations - MER - Mom Egg Review

Honored that the @merliterary.bsky.social Mom Egg Review nominated my story "Magic" for the Best Short Fiction 2026 anthology!
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Tatiana Johnson Boria - Saturn - MER - Mom Egg Review Tatiana Johnson Boria Saturn   After each visit to your grandmother’s group home, over the past two decades, I’ve learned the art of capturing. Of forcing my mind to remember my mother in all of her d...

"Your grandmother lives inside my memory with her own halos, her own bands of light surrounding her...I am trying to capture her as she once was, because she is disappearing."

Gorgeous excerpt from @tatianajboria.bsky.social's memoir in progress in @merliterary.bsky.social. See the full piece here⤵️

"Her cry was like a child’s, small yet piercing, reminding me
that I dwell forever in the country of mothers."

from a new poem (featuring a rabbit) "Boundaries" in the @merliterary.bsky.social folio on Motherhood: Noise and Silence.

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Just a few days to submit your poems or hybrid work on Birth. merliterary.com/submit

My Little Book of Domestic Anxieties by Elizabeth Sylvia - MER - Mom Egg Review Review by Ruth Hoberman   Elizabeth’s Sylvia’s new book presents itself modestly: My Little Book of Domestic Anxieties contains only twenty-four poems, and their tone (like the title) is low-key. But ...

So grateful for this thoughtful review of MY LITTLE BOOK OF DOMESTIC ANXIETIES @merliterary.bsky.social, including an Anne Sexton reference.

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Issues 110 & 111 - Painted Bride Quarterly The Sept 2025 double issue packs in a ton of amazing poetry. Issue 110 focuses on recent work to PBQ; Issue 111 is a special issue.

We are honored to present some of the work that was read that night. For more, see you in Baltimore!

@merliterary.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @perugiapress.bsky.social

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Submit to MER - Mom Egg Review Seeking literary and art submissions on the theme "Mother and Family."

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The Fun Times Brigade by Lindsay Zier-Vogel - MER - Mom Egg Review Review by Jane Ward   “It’s pitch black and Alice won’t stop screaming.” (4) Two pages into The Fun Times Brigade, author Lindsay Zier-Vogel’s follow-up to her acclaimed novel Letters to Amelia, and I...

"Two pages into The Fun Times Brigade, author Lindsay Zier-Vogel’s follow-up to her acclaimed novel Letters to Amelia, and I am fully transported to my own early days of mothering an inconsolable, colicky newborn." Read Jane Ward's review for @merliterary.bsky.social. merliterary.com/2025/06/11/t...

Baby by Marjorie Tesser | The Woolf .

Clean, efficient and a little bit devastating - that's new #microfiction from @marjorietesser.bsky.social in the #Bully issue, out now.

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The Woolf Sometimes we howl.

Without further ado, Issue 8 is now live!

The #Bully issue features thought-provoking words from 14 incredible writers. Stay tuned for highlights or have a look yourself - it's a corker #flashfiction #microfiction #creativenonfiction #prosepoetry #shortstories

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Thrilled and honoured that “After the Kiss” (2024) is featured on the cover of this year’s MER literary journal print issue!
You can check out the beautifully written work on motherhood, literature, & art in MER 23 here: merliterary.com/2025/03/31/m...

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#motherhood #klimt

All This Can Be True by Jen Michalski - MER - Mom Egg Review Review by Jane Ward     Jen Michalski, award-winning author of 2021’s You’ll Be Fine, returns in June with All This Can Be True. Using alternating narratives, Michalski first explores the complex inte...

"In All This Can Be True, Jen Michalski offers a poignant story about this transformational power of love—even when that love is not destined to be the forever kind."

A lovely review of @socalwritergirl.bsky.social forthcoming novel in @merliterary.bsky.social

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our Shoo Shoo Baby reading with @WTAW imprint @Betty books, all the contributors and new friends who visited our book table, and hanging out with our team, @jennmartelli, @cindyveach, @JPHoward, and Ana CH Silva. Happy travels and see you next time.

…our Shoo Shoo Baby reading with @WTAW imprint @Betty books, all the contributors and new friends who visited our book table, and hanging out with our team, @jennmartelli, @cindyveach, @JPHoward, and Ana CH Silva. Happy travels and see you next time.

So many beautiful moments at AWP—The amazing poets and writers who read at our two off site events, Off site.On purpose. with our colleagues from @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @swwim.bsky.social @perugiapress.bsky.social and @cultivatingvoiceslive

This was an AMAZING event. If they pull together this “Off Site/ On Purpose” group reading again next year, seek it out! Powerful poems and an exceptionally warm, inclusive vibe @merliterary.bsky.social @swwim.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @perugiapress.bsky.social

Will you be at AWP in Los Angeles?? Come find me at my book signing @univnebpress.bsky.social or the offsite reading hosted by @merliterary.bsky.social and @wtawpress.bsky.social and @bettybooks.bsky.social Happy to arrange for a review copy--just ask!

We appreciate @jennmartelli.bsky.social, co-poetry editor at @merliterary.bsky.social, for joining us for a Brown Bag Lit ‘Fake AWP’ panel!

Learn more about MER here: merliterary.com

and Jennifer here: www.jennmartelli.com

Betty's AWP events!

📍 Panel: The Matrilineal Saga – March 27, 10:35 AM, with @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social & @ilzeduarte.bsky.social
📍 Book Signing: TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME by @janishubschman.bsky.social – March 27, Noon
📍 Reading: Shoo Shoo Baby — March 28, 5:30 PM with @merliterary.bsky.social

Adrie Rose - Climate Strike - MER - Mom Egg Review Adrie Rose Climate Strike   I organize the strike and I burn dinner. I organize the strike and I carry our clothes two blocks to the laundromat. The news says it’s already too late and I organize the ...

Delighted to have a poem up in the single mothering folio @merliterary.bsky.social today!

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MOTHERING ALONE - MER - Mom Egg Review Mothering Along – MER Online Poetry Folio Curated by Cindy Veach and Jennifer Martelli   In her poem, “Memo to the Absent,” Wendy Scher presents the Sabbath table set for two: the mother and the daugh...

With deep gratitude to the editors at MER (Mom Egg Review), @merliterary.bsky.social I am thrilled and honored that my poem "Memo to the Absent" has found a home in the "Mothering Alone"poetry folio. merliterary.com/2025/03/13/m...

Lesley Wheeler at AWP Thurs 3/27, 10:35-11:50 am, “Understories & Mycocosms: Tapping Hidden Networks,” Room 403A, Level 2, Convention Center Thurs 3/27, 7:00-9:00 pm, Reading with MER, SWIMM, Whale Road, Perugia, & Cultivating Voices, MG Studio, 1319 W. 11th St Fri 3/28, 3:00-3:30 pm, Signing with Tupelo Press, Bookfair Booth 604 Fri 3/28, 7:00-9:00 pm, Tupelo Press Reading at The Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Blvd

Me at #AWP25!
3/27, 10:35-11:50 am, “Understories & Mycocosms” Rm 403A, L2
3/27, 7-9 pm, Reading w/ @merliterary.bsky.social @ MG Studio, 1319 W. 11th St
3/28, 3-3:30 pm, Signing w/ @tupelopress.bsky.social Booth 604
3/28, 7-9 pm, Tupelo Reading @ Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Blvd

Two weeks from tonight! We’re thrilled to be part of a collaborative offsite at #AWP25 in L.A. on 3/27. Join us! Free admission / Cash bar. @swwim.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @chotchandani.bsky.social @rebeccapelkypoet.bsky.social @jenjblackburn.bsky.social

www.versedaily.org/2025/isawagi... A Feature in Verse Daily. @versedaily.bsky.social "I Saw a Girl" first appeared in @merliterary.bsky.social