Leah Browning

Writer/Editor

United States

Leah Browning is an American writer and editor. She is the author of Two Good Ears and Loud Snow, mini-books of short fiction published by Silent Station Press, and When the Sun Comes Out After Three Days of Rain, a collection of poetry published by Kelsay Books. She is also the author of three short nonfiction books, all of which were published by Capstone Press, and six chapbooks of poetry and fiction. In addition to writing, Browning has edited the Apple Valley Review, an online literary journal, since 2005.

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Terrain.org
09/16/2022
Dark Horse

She is a rabbit herself now, escaping from the hat. he grew up in New Brunswick, in a small house a few streets down from the thrift store and The Painted Pony Bar and Grill.

Contrarymagazine
Caught

He found a woman on Tinder, but then she wanted to meet for the first time at her house. No woman had ever wanted to meet him at her house. They had some sort of rule book: a public place, a neutral location, an escape plan. Already, she wasn't following instructions.

Necessaryfiction
03/31/2021
Necessary Fiction

The porch was cluttered, though at dusk under the burned-out bulb I couldn't have told you with what, and the screen door banged shut behind us as we walked inside. They didn't have central air, so the blinds were drawn all day, and in the evenings they opened the doors and windows to get the cross breeze, leaving the lights off as long as possible.

FOUR WAY REVIEW
11/15/2018
WHITE FLAG by Leah Browning

She wanted to be like Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8, beautiful and world-weary, but it seemed that Elizabeth Taylor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was more her style: half in the bag and wa...

ValpoScholar
Skin

By Leah Browning, Published on 05/07/17

Passages North
10/25/2024
Plant by Leah Browning - Passages North

Editorial Intern Maddy Weist on today's short: Showing your plants love & admiration is believed to help them thrive- but what about affection? "Plant" explores an intimately organic relationship with a houseplant and its owner, or lover, in a lustfully prolific manner. We loved this symbio

Bear Review
Bear Review | Leah Browning

Poetry by Leah Browning in Bear Review. Bear Review is a journal of poetry and art based in Kansas City.

broadkillreview
11/02/2019
Two poems by Leah Browning

American HousewifeGo back to 1952or '54-your choice-and plug your state-of-the-artvacuum cleanerinto the wall.There are the carpetsand the rugsand the special attachmentfor the drapesand the most powerful nozzleguaranteed to take the calendarright off the walland your shopping listsfor the next dayand the day after thatand the carrots and potatoeson the kitchen counterwaiting to be peeledand put in the ovenfor dinnerand the homeworkon the tableand the childrenin their bedswhere you've left thems