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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

Seeking literary and art submissions on the theme "Mother and Family."

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...

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Sometimes we howl.

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...

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 ...

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...

MER 2024 WRAPPED! Plus New Year's News and Wishes!