The most recent issue of the key women's writing journal Mslexia devoted its collection of new writing to the theme of maternity (pp. 27-41). Such an anthology is created in each issue of the journal: as with other literary magazines (for instance the journal Fuselit) women submit poems and short stories relating to a stipulated theme. This review examines the anthologizing turn with respect to maternity in both Mslexia and an interesting small press in America, Catalyst Books, which has a line focusing specifically on anthologies of maternity, generating submissions both through the press itself and through the related e-zine 'The Fertile Source'. i Jessica Powers, Catalyst Books' editor, resists the commercialising aspect of the

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