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"Language is the map of culture and history so Time, speak up!" Excerpt from "If You’re Not Too Busy" by Lawrence Bridges Lawrence Bridges. Read the full poem, as well as three more beginning with "Ghost Love Child," in Issue 4.04 of Cutleaf here: bit.ly/4bZzNec

Congrats to @eliburrell on his recent release of his poetry collection, SKIES OF BLUR, this February through EastOver Press!⠀ ⠀ Read more from Elijah in Issue 22 of Cutleaf! Order a copy of SKIES OF BLUR here: bit.ly/4307vMx

"I never made my parents worry. Perhaps the ease had made me disappear completely, and the reappearance of me blue and pierced was an unwanted variable." Excerpt from "From the Dinner Table," a short story by annie j 🌹. Read the full piece here: bit.ly/3v3J04E

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

"Pearls are the rare pure life growing from nothing in the darkness of the shell." From "blackwhite," in which Bonnie Lander Johnson explores how the past and present collide in our understanding of tragedy—ours and those of the others. Read it in Cutleaf 4.04: bit.ly/49Kkt3o

Congrats to @KGunterSeymour on her recent release of her poetry collection, DIRT SONGS, this February through @EastOverPress!⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Read more from Kari in Issues 15 and 4.03 of Cutleaf. Order a copy of DIRT SONGS here: bit.ly/4a9qM0v

Issue 4.04 features photographs of EastOver courtesy of WM Robinson.

"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. bit.ly/3Pfc4gg dariusantwan

ICYMI: Issue 4.04 of Cutleaf features work by Lawrence Bridges, Bonnie Lander Johnson, and Annie Lindenberg. Check it out! bit.ly/3SVoRFD larry bridges @ajlindenberg

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: bit.ly/3IxB92g

Happy recent book launch to Cutleaf Issue 4.01 contributor Jane Hicks Jane Hicks, whose collection of poems THE SAFETY OF SMALL THINGS released in January from Fireside Industries, an imprint of University Press of Kentucky! 🤩🥳⠀ ⠀ Order a copy here: bit.ly/3TrAjJE

So delighted to have my #dollyparton, / #robertaflack inspired piece in Cutleaf! cutleafjournal.com/nonfiction/wel… #flashnonfiction #hybridwriting #diptych #flashmemoir

"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. bit.ly/3TkK1gz

Congratulations to Cutleaf Issue 3.03 contributor Darnell Arnoult on the release of her collection of poems INCANTATIONS through Madville Publishing! 🤩🥳 Order a copy here: bit.ly/4cphvmE

Congratulations to our poetry editor Denton Loving, whose latest collections of poems, TAMP (Mercer Univ. Press, 2023), was named a finalist in the Weatherford Awards! 🌟 Check it out: bit.ly/3THLnDu

"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: bit.ly/3xidDDS

I Felt All Flushed with Fever - “ to the nines, maybe even the tens, we looked so fine,” A ‘hot’ essay by my friend ⁦Kory Wells⁩ ⁦MTSU Write⁩ #writing #CreativeNonFic cutleafjournal.com/nonfiction/wel…

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