Finally, we have an inclusive collection that brings motherhood into the fold of feminism. As we accede to our universal origins in the mother, we witness the infinite variety of experiences awarded the offspring. Spectrums of gender, race, age, religion, class, and nation give voice in Donnelly and Bernstein's anthology as more than 80 writers contribute poetry, essays, memoirs, and short fiction. Some of the artists are well-known, including Maya Angelou, Galway Kinnell, Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood, and Robert Bly, while others are less known. All attest to the experience of motherhood as primal.
Writing as mothers, as children to their mothers, and as close observers, women and men create selections that fall into three trimesters of involvement: the experiences of going beyond the self, beyond reflection, and, finally, beyond the whole. The many shades of emotional experience, from ecstasy to horror and all points in between, are portrayed in words and photographs. As images take shape, nightmares are relived, emotions flow abundantly, and details come into focus as the cathartic effect of the writing builds. Painting motherhood as much more than just a pretty picture, the editors' purpose is clearly to bring us all together under a multi-faceted umbrella of empathy and to unite us in the diversity of the experience of motherhood.
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A writers' multicultural festival in celebration of motherhood in all its infinite varieties filled with pain, joy, terror, ecstasy, ignorance, wisdom, despair, fulfillment, peace, and wonder.
KAREN J. DONNELLY, freelance writer and poet, teaches in the English Department at Gateway Community Technical College in New Haven, Connecticut.
J. B. BERNSTEIN, a short fiction writer and poet, has published extensively in literary reviews, such as Kalliope, The Valley Women's Voice, Hip Mama, and The Illinois Review. She teaches English Composition at Gateway Community Technical College in New Haven, Connecticut.
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