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an independent literary press with an online journal named Cutleaf
NEW! Workshops
NEW! Workshops
THERE IS A ROAD IN THIS POEM A Virtual Workshop with Denton Loving April 15, 2026, from 6:30 - 8 pm Eastern Place-based poetry defies geographic
OUT NOW: Creekwater Mansions by Ian Hall
OUT NOW: Creekwater Mansions by Ian Hall
Ian Hall's debut, Creekwater Mansions, documents the intimacy of duress. These are love poems—unsparing and spun of daily life in Eastern Kentucky. Ron Rash, author of Serena, said, "I doubt a better debut book of poetry will be published this year."
PRE-ORDER: Starting from Paterson by Garret Keizer
PRE-ORDER: Starting from Paterson by Garret Keizer
In Starting From Paterson, Garret Keizer, called “the finest essayist writing today” by Jeff Sharlet, collects essays on an adult’s supermarket perplexity, a child’s religious formation, the search for the Northwest Passage, meeting Colonel Sanders and Paul Farmer, his love for his father-in-law, and the labor struggles that led to an eight-hour day, all connected to the author’s roots in Paterson, NJ, and the woman he came to love there.
PRE-ORDER: Dickens in Brooklyn by Jay Neugeboren
PRE-ORDER: Dickens in Brooklyn by Jay Neugeboren
Jay Neugeboren, a master storyteller of award-winning fiction and nonfiction, offers his first collection of essays on topics such as madness, families, friendship, activism, and the many other ways we come to live our gloriously imperfect lives.
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Editors Keith Pilapil Lesmeister Keith Pilapil Lesmeister is the author of Mississippi River Museum (WTAW Press) and We Could’ve Been Happy Here (MG
EastOver Press / Cutleaf Merchandise
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EastOver Press is an independent literary press with an online journal named Cutleaf.
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2025 Titles
An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color, 2025
An Anthology of Rural Stories by Writers of Color, 2025
Third in a series, this anthology edited by Deesha Philyaw features short fiction written by contemporary writers of color. From farms to trading posts, basketball courts to kitchens, houses to cafes, these stories—whose themes include complicated relationships, personified places, death, immigration, love, and loneliness—highlight the experiences of those living in the rural parts of the U.S.
A Stranger Comes to Town by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
A Stranger Comes to Town by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Rural Astronomy by Georgann Eubanks
Rural Astronomy by Georgann Eubanks
Georgann Eubanks is known for her guidebooks that invite readers to explore the literary, cultural, culinary, and ecological heritage of the South. With her first volume of poetry, Rural Astronomy, Eubanks invites new explorations. These poems shift between childhood memories and her contemporary observations of the ongoing clash between Nature and human entitlement.
When We Were Hardcore by Linda Michel-Cassidy
When We Were Hardcore by Linda Michel-Cassidy
Longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, Linda Michel-Cassidy's When We Were Hardcore is born of the mountain areas in the American Southwest and depicts the lesser-known lives of characters who discover, reckon with, and often seek to escape the mostly rural landscapes that made them.
Don’t Take This the Wrong Way by Kim Magowan & Michelle Ross
Don’t Take This the Wrong Way by Kim Magowan & Michelle Ross
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