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EastOver Press is an independent literary press with an online journal named Cutleaf.
We specialize in publishing collections of short stories, essays, and poetry in a format that honors both the writing and the writer.
We are excited to promote writing that speaks to our commonalities and our differences.

Editors

Keith Pilapil Lesmeister

Keith is the author of Mississippi River Museum (WTAW Press) and We Could’ve Been Happy Here (MG Press). He is also series editor of The EastOver Anthology of Rural Stories: Writers of Color. 

Denton Loving

Denton lives on a farm near the historic Cumberland Gap, where Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia come together. He is the author of two books of poetry, Crimes Against Birds (Main Street Rag) and most recently Tamp (Mercer University Press)He is also the editor of Seeking Its Own Level: an anthology of writings about water (MotesBooks). His fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews have appeared in numerous publications including River Styx, CutBank, Iron Horse Literary ReviewThe Threepenny Review, and Ecotone.

Kelly March

Kelly is a writer in North Carolina. A former newspaper reporter and editor, she is currently working on her first collection of essays.

Walter M. Robinson

Walter is a writer and physician in Massachusetts. His collection of essays, What Cannot Be Undone, won the 2021 River Teeth Prize for Nonfiction and was published by University of New Mexico Press in 2022. His recent or forthcoming essays appear in wildness, Ruminate, Months To Years, The Sun, The Literary Review, and Harvard Review.

Contact Us

If you’d like to get in touch with us, send us an email and we’ll get back to you as quickly as we can.

Advisory Board

  • Christopher Castellani
  • Jasmin Darznik
  • Libby Flores
  • Jill McCorkle
  • Lynne Sharon Schwartz
  • Paul Yoon

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