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Literary magazine on motherhood, in print, and online at merliterary.com.

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

04.12.2025 03:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Little Book of Domestic Anxieties by Elizabeth Sylvia - MER - Mom Egg Review Review by Ruth Hoberman Β  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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24.09.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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04.10.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Submit to MER - Mom Egg Review Seeking literary and art submissions on the theme "Mother and Family."

Submit to MER - Mom Egg Review
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25.06.2025 13:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Fun Times Brigade by Lindsay Zier-Vogel - MER - Mom Egg Review Review by Jane Ward Β  β€œIt’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...

12.06.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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21.05.2025 16:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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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18.05.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Thrilled and honoured that β€œAfter 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

05.05.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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All This Can Be True by Jen Michalski - MER - Mom Egg Review Review by Jane Ward Β  Β  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 loveβ€”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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05.05.2025 23:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

30.03.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

…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.

30.03.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So many beautiful moments at AWPβ€”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

30.03.2025 14:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This was an AMAZING event. If they pull together this β€œOff 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

30.03.2025 00:39 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

17.03.2025 19:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We appreciate @jennmartelli.bsky.social, co-poetry editor at @merliterary.bsky.social, for joining us for a Brown Bag Lit β€˜Fake AWP’ panel!

Learn more about MER here: merliterary.com

and Jennifer here: www.jennmartelli.com

15.03.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Betty's AWP events!

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

14.03.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Adrie Rose - Climate Strike - MER - Mom Egg Review Adrie Rose Climate Strike Β  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!

merliterary.com/2025/03/13/a...

14.03.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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MOTHERING ALONE - MER - Mom Egg Review Mothering Along – MER Online Poetry Folio Curated by Cindy Veach and Jennifer Martelli Β  In her poem, β€œMemo 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...

13.03.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Lesley Wheeler at AWP

Thurs 3/27, 10:35-11:50 am, β€œUnderstories & 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

Lesley Wheeler at AWP Thurs 3/27, 10:35-11:50 am, β€œUnderstories & 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, β€œUnderstories & 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

13.03.2025 20:26 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

13.03.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

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

10.03.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking Forward, Looking Back with MER! MER 2024 WRAPPED! Plus New Year's News and Wishes!

MER Wrapped!!! Looking forward, and backward in our latest newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/merliter...

30.12.2024 12:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lore Segal’s flash fiction online at merliterary.com.

07.10.2023 00:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Lore Segal on the launch of β€œLadies’ Lunch” (Melville House).

07.10.2023 00:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi bluesky! Glad to be here!

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