Leah Browning


New Projects
Leah Browning's second chapbook, Picking Cherries in the Española Valley, was
released in 2010 by Dancing Girl Press. Other recent publications include a sequence
of three short stories, "Because I Didn't Notice the Little Signs (Part 1)," "Allegiance (Part
2)," and "A Little Luck (Part 3)," in 971 MENU (December 2011); a short story, "Punch," in
Halfway Down the Stairs (September 2011); a poem, "Halfway Through the Biography of
Anne Sexton," in Sweet: A Literary Confection (September 2011); a short story, "Every
Sunday Is Game Night," in Salome Magazine (February 28, 2011); a short story, "Don't
Panic," in Per Contra (Fall 2010); a short story, "The Wrist Corsage," in Queen's
Feminist Review (2010); a short story, "Flash," in apt (February 2010); and a short story,
"Paper Life," in Eclectic Flash (January 2010). One of Browning's poems, "I Go Back in
Time and Rescue My Mother," was reprinted in Mamas and Papas: On the Sublime and
Heartbreaking Art of Parenting (City Works Press, 2010). An essay, "Why Laura Ingalls
Wilder Was Happy Without Soccer Lessons or a Wii," and several articles including "A
Few Painless Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month," were published by Associated
Content and omg! (2010 and 2011). The Fall 2011 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, was published by
Dancing Girl Press in 2010.
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, The Literary Bohemian, and
Autumn Sky Poetry, as well as on a broadside from Broadsided Press, on postcards
from the program Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf, and in several anthologies. Her work is
forthcoming in The Reprint and Fiction365.
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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