Mother Figures — Mom Egg Review (MER)

Out in May

Folktales often do not treat mothers kindly. They often appear in the guise of wicked step mothers. One of the Grimm tales that does offer a postitive mother figure is “Snow White and Rose Red,” whose mother encourages independence in her daughters and treats each according to her unique personality. I was first introduced to the tale at the Jung Center in Evanston by Lee Roloff. Inspired by this tale, I wrote Soliloquies: Red and White which will be published in a special print edition of MER (Mom Egg Review)# 20 on Mother Figures. The print edition and an online PDF will be out in May and can be ordered then by following this link: https://momeggreview.com/shop/

Here is a description of the issue by the editors:

“We are interested in iconic “Mother Figures.” Think Demeter, Ceres, Freya, Gaia, and Isis; June Cleaver, Rainbow Johnson, Morticia Addams; the Venus of Willendorf, the Biblical Sarah, Rebecca, and Mary; Hamlet’s mother Gertrude, fairy tale mothers and step-mothers, Instagram influencer moms, “good moms,” “bad moms,” super-hero moms, and on and on. What values do “mother figures” celebrate or reinforce? How does your own experience of mothering jibe with the characteristics of iconic mothers? Is there an iconic mother you identify with?  Perhaps a persona poem or story in the voice of a Mother Figure?”