Unsolicited Press Announces MOTHER!, a Hybrid Poetry + Essay Collection by Summer Stewart, Releasing May 8, 2026
Unsolicited Press announces the publication of MOTHER! by Summer Stewart, a fearless hybrid collection of poetry and essays releasing May 8, 2026.
In MOTHER!, Stewart delivers an unflinching exploration of womanhood—moving from pre-motherhood into the complicated, transformative aftermath—through work that is intimate, confrontational, and alive with clarity.
This collection traces the evolving contours of identity after childbirth while unveiling the layered realities of loss, sexuality, family, and matrilineal struggle. Stewart’s poems capture the friction of redefining sexuality and self-worth; her essays confront imposter syndrome, professional barriers, the distortions of parenting in the age of social media, and the unexpected feminist power of “standing back” as an act of self-preservation and self-advocacy.
About the Author:
Summer Stewart is an award-winning journalist, poet, nonfiction author, and author mentor. She is the publisher and managing editor of Unsolicited Press, a Pacific Northwest–based small press founded in 2012, and the writer behind the Substack newsletter If You Give a Girl a Book, where she shares insights on writing and publishing. Stewart holds a B.A.S. in English & Nutritional Biochemistry and an MFA in Poetry and Creative Writing from Portland State University.
Availability:
MOTHER! (trade paperback) is available May 8, 2026 through Unsolicited Press and via Asterism Books.
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