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 in Fall 2009.  Other recent
publications include 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); four poems, "Baking Bread," "Instincts," "After the Second Confinement,"
and "Categorization," in
Queen's Feminist Review (2009); an interview with Leah
Browning, conducted by editor-in-chief Robin Stratton, that appeared in the "
Spotlight"
section of
Boston Literary Magazine (Fall 2008); a short short story, "The Head in the
Freezer," in
Pequin (July 2008); a set of poems, "Making Love to the Same Man for
Fifteen Years" and "Indiana at Dusk (Four Haiku)" in
Boston Literary Magazine (Summer
2008); a poem, "Under Construction," on a broadside from
Broadsided Press (June
2008); two poems, "Moving On" and "Listening to Jazz on the Shore of Lake Michigan,"
in
The Orange Room Review (June and April 2008); an essay, "Adult Teeth," reprinted in
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Growing Up (2008); a poem, "Cesarean," in
Autumn Sky Poetry (March 2008); a short short, "Bad News," in Clapboard House
(January 2008); and a short short, "Scars," reprinted in
Wigleaf (January 2008).  The
Spring 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 in Fall 2009.  

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. Her poetry and prose are also forthcoming from
Twenty-Four Seven: A Caregiving Anthology
from the North Leitrim West Cavan Carers
Group and
Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf.  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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