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Leah Browning

Author's 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 (Newton, MA) in 2009. Her second chapbook, Picking Cherries in the Española Valley, was published by Dancing Girl Press (Chicago, IL) 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, Per Contra, and Autumn Sky Poetry, on a broadside from Broadsided Press, on postcards from the program Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf, and in several anthologies. 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.

Publications and Prizes

Chapbooks:
Picking Cherries in the Española Valley (Dancing Girl Press, 2010), Making Love to the Same Man for Fifteen Years (Big Table Publishing Company, 2009)
Anthologies:
Mamas and Papas: On the Sublime and Heartbreaking Art of Parenting (City Works Press, 2010), 'Scapes: Poetry & Company, A Kingston Community Anthology (Hidden Brook Press, 2007), Family Pictures: Poems & Photographs Celebrating Our Loved Ones (Capital BookFest, 2007), Miracles of Motherhood: Prayers and Poems for a New Mother (Center Street/Hachette Book Group USA, 2007), To Have and to Hold: Poems, Blessings, and Wishes for Newlyweds (Center Street/Hachette Book Group USA, 2007), Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge: Poems About Marriage (Grayson Books, 2003)
Journals:
42opus, 971 MENU, apt, Arable Press, Autumn Sky Poetry, Barnstorm, Blood Orange Review, Boston Literary Magazine, Brink Magazine, Broadsided Press, Caesura, Clapboard House, Driftwood Review, Eclectic Flash, Fertile Ground, Foliate Oak, Halfway Down the Stairs, Images, La Fenêtre, Lily Lit Review, Literary Mama, Mothering, MotherVerse, Pequin, Prairie Poetry, Queen's Feminist Review, Queen's Quarterly, Saint Ann's Review, Salome, Studio One, The Literary Bohemian, The Northville Review, The Orange Room Review, The Rose & Thorn, Tipton Poetry Journal, White Whale Review, Wigleaf

Personal Favorites

Favorite Authors:
Jhumpa Lahiri, David Sedaris, Anne Tyler, Amy Bloom, Lee Smith, Perri Klass, Anne Lamott

Please note: All information in the Directory is provided by the writers listed in it.
Listing last updated: March 10, 2011

More Information

Listed as:
Fiction Writer, Poet
Gives readings?
Yes
Travels for readings?
Yes
Born in:
NM
Raised in:
NM

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