Leah Browning


New Projects
Leah Browning's first chapbook, Making Love to the Same Man for Fifteen Years, has
just been released by Big Table Publishing. Her second chapbook, Picking Cherries in
the Española Valley, is forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press. Other recent publications
include a short short story, "Paper Life," in Eclectic Flash (January 2010); a reprinted
poem, "Your Body Has Its Own Memory," on postcards from Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf
(2009); two poems, "A White Boat on a Blue, Blue Sea" and "Seagulls, So Far from the
Ocean," in White Whale Review (2009); a poem, "She Fills the Room," in The Driftwood
Review (2009); a short story, "Vasectomy," in The Northville Review (May 10, 2009); a
poem, "Spring, and the Clocks Go Back," in Blood Orange Review (April 2009); two
poems, "Refrain" and "Dinner with Mohamoud," in The Literary Bohemian (April 2009);
and four poems, "Baking Bread," "Instincts," "After the Second Confinement," and
"Categorization," in Queen's Feminist Review (2009). The Fall 2009 issue of the Apple
Valley Review is also available online.
A Brief Bio
Leah Browning has worked as a freelance writer and editor since 1995. She is the
author of three nonfiction books for teens and pre-teens: Babysitting Basics, Babysitting
Rules, and Sleepovers, all published by Capstone Press. Her first chapbook, Making
Love to the Same Man for Fifteen Years, was released by Big Table Publishing in 2009.
Her second chapbook, Picking Cherries in the Española Valley, is forthcoming from
Dancing Girl Press.
Browning's fiction, poetry, essays, and articles have previously appeared in a variety of
publications including Queen's Quarterly, 42opus, The Saint Ann's Review, Blood
Orange Review, Tipton Poetry Journal, Brink Magazine, and Autumn Sky Poetry, on a
broadside from Broadsided Press, on postcards from the program Poetry Jumps Off
the Shelf, and in several anthologies. Audio versions of some of her poems are
available on her podcast.
In addition to writing, Browning serves as editor of the Apple Valley Review, an online
literary journal. Each issue features a collection of poetry, short fiction, and essays.
For a more detailed bio and a list of selected publications, please click here.
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