EastOver Press

21/11/2023

"These days, I see value in both sweat and synapses, and I have a developing understanding of how those two necessarily synthesize."

Check out Claire Hamner Matturro’s fantastic interview with John Davis Jr. - Author, author of THE PLACES THAT HOLD, in Slant: A Journal of Poetry.

The following interview with Florida poet John Davis, Jr., appears courtesy of frequent Slant contributor Claire Hamner Matturro and our friends at Southern Literary Review. John is the author of&n…

20/11/2023

Issue 3.22 of Cutleaf features work by Kathleen Gibbons, Jude Marr, and George Singleton. Check it out at bit.ly/49n1kVH!

Issue 3.22 of Cutleaf is live!

In this issue, Kathleen Gibbons reunites a father and daughter after many years apart in "I’m On Highway 1."

Jude Marr explores concepts of space and movement in three poems beginning with "Moving Continents."

And George Singleton remembers what could have been lost over a conversation in his local diner in "Thanksgiving."

Find it all at bit.ly/49n1kVH!

19/11/2023

"Ray Trotter assembles a stylized, bite-sized, pure personality of a debut short story collection, AND DOGS TO CHASE THEM, exploring the quirks and nuances of rural Southern living."

Don't miss Abby N. Lewis' lovely review of Ray Trotter's AND DOGS TO CHASE THEM in Chapter 16.

Ray Trotter assembles a stylized, bite-sized, pure personality of a debut short story collection, And Dogs to Chase Them, exploring the quirks and nuances of r…

18/11/2023

“In story after story, we find ourselves in the hands of a writer who writes solid, elegant sentences, and who takes us into the lives of his characters to reveal the way the extraordinary is so often realized in the seemingly ordinary. Take your time and savor this beautifully written and often surprising collection of stories.”

—Silas House, author of SOUTHERNMOST, on Joseph Bathanti's latest collection of stories, THE ACT OF CONTRITION. Check it out at bit.ly/3LI2BeG and order a copy today!

16/11/2023

Congratulations to our editor Denton Loving, whose latest collection of poems, TAMP, was in fine company on Kendra Wi******er's list of the "10 of the Best Appalachian Books of 2023" for Book Riot. Check it out!

Appalachian Literature is in a golden age. From horror to poetry, sci-fi, memoir, and literary fiction, it has something for every reader.

12/11/2023

In the latest episode of Read Appalachia's podcast, Kendra Wi******er talks with Halle Hill, author of GOOD WOMEN, and George Singleton, whose collection of essays, ASIDES, released this week from EastOver Press. Check it out!

This month’s episode is about short stories! Host Kendra Wi******er talks to special guests Halle Hill and George Singleton.

12/11/2023

Issue 3.21 of Cutleaf features work by Matt Cashion, Jennifer LoveGrove, and Mary Winsor. Check it out at bit.ly/45MJOqR!

Issue 3.21 of Cutleaf is live!

In this issue, Matt Cashion's characters sweat it out in a waiting room in "Love Song for the Headless."

Jennifer LoveGrove reminds us that "it’s embarrassing to still hope / to be loved" in three poems beginning with "We are all touch-me-nots now, exploding at the slightest provocation."

And Mary Winsor examines how hard it is to be at the bedside of a miracle in "Defying the Gods."

Find it all at bit.ly/45MJOqR!

07/11/2023

Happy to George Singleton's ASIDES: Occasional Essays on Dogs, Food, Restaurants, Bars, Hangovers, Jobs, Music, Family Trees, Robbery, Relationships, Being Brought Up Questionably, Et Cetera.

Join Singleton as he gets his dogs to promise they won’t use his new gardens as a Porta-Potty, learns about his not-so-famous relations, and generally charms anyone sensible enough to read this delightful book. As Abigail Thomas, author of SAFEKEEPING, said, "It's the next best thing to George in the flesh.”

Order a copy today via Bookshop at bit.ly/3XCGKLj!

"George Singleton is a very funny man. He could write about a tootsie roll and keep me reading," says Abigail Thomas, author of Safekeeping and A Three Dog Life, about Singleton's new collection of personal essays. Readers of his celebrated short story collections (The Half-Mammals of Dixie, You Wan...

06/11/2023

Exciting news! We're now accepting submissions for MIRRORBALL: HOW TAYLOR SWIFT REFLECTS THE LOSS, HOPE & LOVE OF MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD, an anthology of writings inspired by Taylor Swift and her music.

Edited by Chiwan Choi and Michelle Grondine, the anthology mirrors the joy that can come from sharing our lives with one another the way Taylor’s lyrics of love and loss, of betrayal and of chosen family, have made Swifties around the globe feel less alone.

Whether you have published a dozen books or you are in school dreaming of your first publication, whether you spent hours making outfits to attend the Eras Tour or you were just your children’s driver, whether you danced alongside tens of thousands or cried alone with your headphones on—we'd love to read your work!

Learn more and submit via Submittable by January 31, 2024, at bit.ly/3PW2HCS.

02/11/2023

"Ohio Poet Laureate Gunter-Seymour tells a decades-spanning, lyrical story of Appalachia in which the personal is both political and generational...A noteworthy and insightful poetic portrait."

—Kirkus Reviews on Kari Gunter-Seymour's forthcoming collection of poems, DIRT SONGS. Pre-order a copy today at your local bookstore or via Bookshop at bit.ly/3QcoJBV.

Ohio Poet Laureate Gunter-Seymour tells a decades-spanning, lyrical story of Appalachia in which the personal is both political and generational.

31/10/2023

“As vast, mighty, glorious, and dangerous as the oceans that surround us, this was a book that shook me, dove, and soared—a monumental work from a writer at his peak...”

—Paul Yoon, author of SNOW HUNTERS, RUN ME TO EARTH, and THE MOUNTAIN, on Ralph Sneeden's debut essay collection, THE LEGIBLE ELEMENT. Learn more and order a copy today at bit.ly/44cqVx4!

30/10/2023

SKIES OF BLUR by Elijah Burrell is coming January 2024 and available for pre-order now! Order a copy of this collection of poems that Dan O’Brien, author of OUR CANCERS and WAR REPORTER, describes as "a heart-rending and soulful lyric of midlife, a poetic travelogue of the harrowing terrain between innocence and the reinventions of maturity" today at bit.ly/47eW7xn.

25/10/2023

"What we glimpse both inside and outside the frame in Childress’s work is a powerful blossoming of women, flesh and mythical, into fervent voice and defiant independence."

Don't miss Linda Parsons' thoughtful review of Catherine Pritchard Childress' collection of poems, OUTSIDE THE FRAME, in Still: The Journal.

Poet, playwright, essayist, and editor, Linda Parsons is the poetry editor for and the copy editor for Chapter 16, the literary website of Humanities Tennessee. She is published in such journals as The Georgia Review, Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, Southern Poetry Review, Terrain, The Chattahoochee....

22/10/2023

Issue 3.20 of Cutleaf features work by Chris Arthur, Christine Barkley, and John Saul. Check it out at bit.ly/3ZOX0tX!

Issue 3.20 of Cutleaf is live!

In this issue, Chris Arthur considers where he might be when the map says YOU ARE HERE in "Snowglobe Coordinates."

Christine Barkley reveals that "when something dies / in the walls / it dies in the fields it dies / in my mind" in three poems beginning with "Threshing."

And John Saul captures the history and heartache of a rock band in "The Possibilities."

Find it all at bit.ly/3ZOX0tX.

20/10/2023

If you'll be near , CT, don't miss the chance to see EastOver Press authors Tara Kelly, author of NO LAST WORDS, and Ralph Sneeden, author of THE LEGIBLE ELEMENT, in conversation with John Coston at The White Hart Inn with Oblong Books - Rhinebeck on Oct. 26 at 6:30PM! Register at tinyurl.com/2nm8ff48.

19/10/2023

George Singleton recently chatted with Ray Bassett about his latest story collection, THE CURIOUS LIVES OF NONPROFIT MARTYRS (Dzanc Books), and his forthcoming collection of essays, ASIDES, on WUTC's Scenic Roots. Check it out!

George Singleton is a storyteller from the South and of the South whose stories reach beyond this place we call home. This fall, there’s a bumper crop from the writer in Spartanburg, South Carolina: “The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs" and “Asides."

15/10/2023

“NO LAST WORDS is a luminous, thoughtful, and penetrating story of a marriage, a love, a family, and a death, told with a wonderful eye for detail, sharp, but never unsympathetic, and refreshingly free from sentimentality and the temptation to settle old scores…”

—Michael Korda, author of PASSING and ALONE, on Tara Kelly's debut memoir, NO LAST WORDS. Order a copy today via Bookshop at tinyurl.com/35rwhxc8!

13/10/2023

In the latest episode of Read Appalachia's mini podcast series, Poetry Corner, our editor Denton Loving talked with Kendra Wi******er about his new collection of poems, TAMP (Mercer University Press), and recommended a few books by Appalachian writers, including recent and forthcoming EastOver Press titles OUTSIDE THE FRAME by Catherine Pritchard Childress, THE ACT OF CONTRITION by Joseph Bathanti, AND DOGS TO CHASE THEM by Ray Trotter, and ASIDES by George Singleton. Check it out!

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Wi******er is joined by special guest Denton Loving.

11/10/2023

"Ray Trotter’s great collection, AND DOGS TO CHASE THEM, brings to mind the great stories of Larry Brown. These are everyday, mostly blue-collar, characters, putting up good fights, skeptical of their situations, and true to their beliefs. Set mostly at the tail end of the Appalachians, Trotter’s gathered a passel of good, stubborn, often hilarious men and women who endure. I love this collection and recommend it highly."

—George Singleton, author of THE CURIOUS LIVES OF NON-PROFIT MARTYRS, THE HALF-MAMMALS OF DIXIE, and ASIDES, on Ray Trotter's debut collection of stories, AND DOGS TO CHASE THEM. Learn more at tinyurl.com/4hzamvb2.

10/10/2023

The latest issue of Cutleaf is a special beer-themed issue published in partnership with All About Beer Magazine. It features work by Wendy BooydeGraaff, Bill Cushing, Nick Rees Gardner, Cecilia Kennedy, John C. Mannone, Ceri Savage, C.L. Schacht, Alan Simmons, and George Singleton. Check it out at bit.ly/3ETedbU!

We're excited to bring you a beer-themed issue of Cutleaf this week, in conjunction with All About Beer Magazine.

In this issue, Wendy BooydeGraaff recounts her journey from first deciding she didn’t like Labatt Blue to full citizenry in "Beer City."

Bill Cushing describes what happens when an icon comes to your local bar in "Drinking with St. Nick."

Nick Rees Gardner takes us through a summer of food trucks, Hazy IPAs, and The Great Midwest Beer Fest in "Psychedelicious."

Cecilia Kennedy explores Tarot, crystals, and beer in "Bottled."
John C. Mannone pairs a glass of pale ale with the radiant light of a Knoxville, Tennessee, evening in "Intersection."

Ceri Savage brings the taste of dark stouts and no-nonsense north German varieties in "Beers in Berlin with Lionel."

C.L. Schacht's protagonist finds out what happens when one finds a bottomless case of beer in "Elixir."

Alan Simmons tells us how he got his start behind the bar in "Tending Bar."

And George Singleton discusses his education in beer in "Why It’s Important To Start Off Cheap."

Find it all at bit.ly/3ETedbU!

09/10/2023

DIRT SONGS by Kari Gunter-Seymour is in fine company on The Academy of American Poets 2023 Featured Fall Books List. Check it out at tinyurl.com/8vb9nkem!

08/10/2023

We're so excited for the upcoming publication of SKIES OF BLUR, a collection of poems by Elijah Burrell, to be released in January 2024.

SKIES OF BLUR navigates the depths of human connection and disconnection, love and loss, and the spaces between. Burrell breathes life into every line, crafting a world both familiar and entirely new. Learn more at bit.ly/3PJMzDj.

06/10/2023

We have some amazing reads on the way including DIRT SONGS, a collection of poems by Kari Gunter-Seymour, and ASIDES, a collection of essays by George Singleton. Learn more at eastoverpress.com and pre-order your copies today!

05/10/2023

If you'll be near Lyndonville, VT, this weekend, don't miss the chance to catch EastOver Press authors Tara Kelly, author of NO LAST WORDS, and Ralph Sneeden, author of THE LEGIBLE ELEMENT, at The Satellite VT with Green Mountain Books and Prints on Sunday, October 8!

29/09/2023

"Rinard expertly plucks the key moments of her characters’ lives and presents them to the reader like tiny, tough, perfect offerings. Life and death, carnations and ashes, love and loss, sirens and hamsters, it’s all here. Rinard’s prose is as sure-footed as it is wise, and this collection makes it clear that she’s a writer to watch.”

—Amy Shearn, author of UNSEEN CITY and other novels, on Andrea Rinard's debut collection of flash and micro fiction, MURMURATIONS. Learn more: bit.ly/3H7rRd7.

28/09/2023

Issue 3.18 of Cutleaf features work by Kathryn Chiariello, Ben Miller, and Corina Zappia. Check it out at bit.ly/48cbS9w!

We're excited to bring you an all-nonfiction issue of Cutleaf this week!

In Issue 3.18, Kathryn Chiariello examines what stays and what disappears in "On Impermanence."

Ben Miller tells the story of an unforgettable character who saves more than she may know in "Faith Strand’s Sound and Fury."

And Corina Zappia explores the possible locations of her eternal rest in "Five Boxes."

Find it all at bit.ly/48cbS9w!

27/09/2023

"Chris Arthur’s is a book that I will return to again and again, to see what I might have missed the first time—to see if I can’t unpack any of its other hidden and precious cargoes."

Isaac Richards has a thoughtful review of Chris Arthur's essay collection, HIDDEN CARGOES, in Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction. Check it out at tinyurl.com/yb4bweba!

21/09/2023

The 2023 Luther College Writers Festival has a fantastic lineup, including events featuring EastOver Press authors Erica Anderson-Senter and Darius Stewart and editors Denton Loving and Keith Pilapil Lesmeister. If you'll be in the Decorah, Iowa, area over the next two days, check it out!

Writing the Tree of Life: Language in Place Celebrating the rich diversity of contemporary writing, Luther College is hosting the […]

19/09/2023

Looking for some exciting additions for your fall reading list? Check out our recent releases at eastoverpress.com!

17/09/2023

Mark your calendar! Andrea Rinard, author of MURMURATIONS, will be in conversation with Jenn Gilgan at Tombolo Books on October 11 at 7PM. If you'll be in the , Florida, area, you won't want to miss it!

In the twenty-six short stories within Murmurations, Andrea Rinard introduces an array of women attempting to claim their own space!

07/09/2023

"Writing nonfiction is like breathing out. Writing fiction is like holding my breath."

Great interview with George Choundas, author of UNTIL ALL YOU SEE IS SKY, up on Laurel Review. Check it out at bit.ly/3Pul3us!

06/09/2023

"Publishing one collection of stories doesn't make him an expert on life, he said, while continuing to laugh, taking his own advice and letting his theories dissolve into mirth."

Great to see Ray Trotter and his debut collection of stories, AND DOGS TO CHASE THEM, featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Check it out below and learn more about the collection at tinyurl.com/4hzamvb2.

For most of his life, Ray Trotter never tried to have his writing published.

02/09/2023

Issue 3.17 of Cutleaf is an all-poetry issue featuring work by Sean Cho A., David B. Prather, and Jane Sasser. Check it out at bit.ly/3E7Ae6s!

We're excited to bring you an all-poetry issue of Cutleaf this week!

In this issue, Sean Cho A. reveals the most detailed observations of the elusive sun bear in three poems beginning with "Act Three/Sonnet +1 #36."

David B. Prather moves deftly from the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale to the lost meanings of ancient names in four poems beginning with "Migration."

And Jane Sasser enumerates the world’s hidden dangers and the scars they leave in three poems beginning with "There’s no telling."

Find it all at bit.ly/3E7Ae6s.

31/08/2023

"These essays are profound—you’ll want to follow this voice wherever it goes, and where it goes is a kind of mortal delight: a companion for the quiet hours, wisdom, solace, big ideas, song.”

—Bill Roorbach, author of SUMMERS WITH JULIET, on Ralph Sneeden's debut essay collection, THE LEGIBLE ELEMENT. Learn more and order a copy today at bit.ly/44cqVx4!

28/08/2023

Don't miss Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe's hybrid in-store and virtual event featuring Joseph Bathanti, author of THE ACT OF CONTRITION, tomorrow, August 29, at 6PM. For more information and to register, visit tinyurl.com/4k248xx9.

27/08/2023

"With humor, sensitivity, and sometimes rage, Pritchard Childress transforms old (and young) wives’ tales into a volume of lyrical lives of domestically marginalized saints and s(p)inners."

—Maria Dahvana Headley, author of BEOWULF: A NEW TRANSLATION, on Catherine Pritchard Childress' collection of poems OUTSIDE THE FRAME. Learn more about this title and order a copy today at bit.ly/3MRJsJy!

26/08/2023

Did you know we publish an annual anthology of the work that appears in Cutleaf?

Perfect for college and graduate classrooms and readers who prefer print editions, these collections exemplify the best work of contemporary writers, giving readers a chance to sample a broad variety of approaches to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in current literature.

Learn more at eastoverpress.com and order a copy of Volumes 1 and 2 today!

24/08/2023

"Bathanti does what the best realists do: he brings beauty to the terror of the mundane, mystery to the overlooked desperation of people we might never meet in real life but will know intimately because we have met them in Bathanti’s fiction. The stories in this collection continue a long career that has found Bathanti plumbing the depths of the human heart and untangling mystery all the while.”

—Wiley Cash, author of WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME, on Joseph Bathanti's latest collection of stories, THE ACT OF CONTRITION. Check it out at bit.ly/3LI2BeG and order a copy today!

23/08/2023

Issue 3.16 of Cutleaf features work by Gary Fincke, Kristin Lindsey, and Annette Pearson. Check it out at bit.ly/47kHt8B!

Issue 3.16 of Cutleaf is live! We're excited to bring you an all-nonfiction issue this week.

In this issue, Gary Fincke explores where emotion lives in the essay "In the Heart."

Kristin Lindsey is visited by the spirits of the past and present in "Ghosted."

And Annette Pearson travels towards the past in search of what is remembered and forgotten in "Road Trip South."

Find it all at bit.ly/47kHt8B!