Cutleaf

A project of @eastoverpress, Cutleaf is an online journal of short fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry with an annual print anthology.

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@deadmediumdan @HubCityPress @HubCityBookshop Congrats!

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@FBereaud @jdclappwrites Yes, we'll be there!

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@FBereaud @jdclappwrites Thanks for your support, @FBereaud! We loved meeting you and sharing an aisle with you at AWP.

[François Bereaud @FBereaud]

Just finished this beautiful anthology from @cutleafjournal. Loss, grit, heartbreak, roots, hope … these stories brought that and more. Highly recommend.

[Anna Cabe @annablabs]

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I Felt All Flushed with Fever - “ to the nines, maybe even the tens, we looked so fine,” A ‘hot’ essay by my friend ⁦@KoryWells⁩ ⁦@MTSUWrite⁩ #writing #CreativeNonFic https://t.co/pAhsYS7I21

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"I’m sorry that after everything—everything—I, too, was disappointing."

Excerpt from "Will You Please Allow Me to Apologize, Please?," in which Matt Kelley traces the arc of a relationship and its many apologies.

Read in full in Issue 4.05: https://t.co/JDR1L0g3Al

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Congratulations to our poetry editor @DentonLoving, whose latest collections of poems, TAMP (@MUPress, 2023), was named a finalist in the Weatherford Awards! 🌟

Check it out: https://t.co/2Qup5C4LIg

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Congratulations to Cutleaf Issue 3.03 contributor @DarnellArnoult on the release of her collection of poems INCANTATIONS through @MadvillePub! 🤩🥳

Order a copy here: https://t.co/UKb3FLIxuf

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"Second Therapist: He says he will do whatever he wants, and he has shown he will do whatever he wants."

Excerpt from 4.05's "Thank You All for Your Helpful Opinions," in which Jennifer D. Munro lists all things said to her during a family crisis.

https://t.co/Kdim9eBtNp

[Kory Wells @KoryWells]

So delighted to have my #dollyparton, / #robertaflack inspired piece in Cutleaf! https://t.co/bb8tyJtpwX #flashnonfiction #hybridwriting #diptych #flashmemoir

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Happy recent book launch to Cutleaf Issue 4.01 contributor Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum, whose collection of poems THE SAFETY OF SMALL THINGS released in January from Fireside Industries, an imprint of @kentuckypress! 🤩🥳⠀
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Order a copy here: https://t.co/U3EB0AuNJn

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Our first all flash CNF issue is live!!!

Issue 4.05 features pieces by...
Matt Kelley, “Will You Please Allow Me to Apologize, Please?”
Jennifer D. Munro, “Thank You All for Your Helpful Opinions.”
And @korywells,“I Felt All Flushed with Fever.”

Read: https://t.co/27SphyJOVc

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ICYMI: Issue 4.04 of Cutleaf features work by Lawrence Bridges, Bonnie Lander Johnson, and Annie Lindenberg. Check it out!

https://t.co/5ZWwr1aCT4
@LarryBridges @ajlindenberg

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"Riding from Knoxville to the Appalachian forests, I’m hunched in the corner of my seat, next to a man who seems to be unraveling..."

This week, we revisit Darius Stewart's poem, "On the Bus," from Issue 2.18 of Cutleaf.

https://t.co/dd0iFpg8ZE
@dariusantwan79

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Issue 4.04 features photographs of EastOver courtesy of WM Robinson.

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Congrats to @KGunterSeymour on her recent release of her poetry collection, DIRT SONGS, this February through @EastOverPress!⠀⠀
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Read more from Kari in Issues 15 and 4.03 of Cutleaf.
Order a copy of DIRT SONGS here: https://t.co/KtBTxd2qrF

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"Pearls are the rare pure life growing from nothing in the darkness of the shell."

From "blackwhite," in which @Bonnie_LJ explores how the past and present collide in our understanding of tragedy—ours and those of the others.

Read it in Cutleaf 4.04: https://t.co/hLllMyAyF7

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Congrats to @dariusantwan79 on his recent release of his lyrical memoir, BE NOT AFRAID OF MY BODY, this February through @belt_publishing!⠀⠀
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Read more from Darius in Issue 2.15 of Cutleaf.