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CutBank 100 | Winter/Spring 2024

Exclusive interview with Lidia Yuknavitch.

Poetry by Joseph Byrd, Isha Camara, Patrick Holian, and Mickey Kennedy.

Fiction by Janelle Bassett, Max Kruger- Dull, and Thea Swanson.

Nonfiction by Lauren Fath and Angela Townsend.

Interior art by Eli Boveroux.

Big Sky, Small Prose contest winner, Julia LoFaso, and runner-ups Alan Sincic and Elita Suratman.

Cover Art by Janelle “Lulu” Lassalle.


CutBank 99 | Indigenous Writers’ Issue

Poetry by Yael Valencia Aldana, Zaynab Bobi, Laura Da’, Alina Graves, Chris La Tray, Stephanie Lenox, Wilma Mankiller, Rebecca Pelky, Samuel Piccone, and James Welch.

Fiction by Stephen Graham Jones and Timothy Mullaney.

Nonfiction by Stacie Denetsosie, Jen Knox, Casandra López, and Lois Welch.

Cover Art by John Pepion.


CutBank 98 | 50th Anniversary Issue

Poetry by Tyler Kline, James Henry Knippen, Melissa Kwasny, David Moolten, Pádraig Ó Tuama, and Mary Sesso.

Fiction by Michael Caleb Tasker.

Nonfiction by Rachel Attias, Charisse Baldoria, Rose McLarney, and Kathleen Walker.

Author Interview with Pádraig Ó Tuama by Kalani Padilla & Erin O’Regan White.

Interior Photography by David Murphy.

Cover Art by Tino Rodríguez.



CutBank 97

Poetry by P. Hodges Adams, Allen Braden, Karissa Chouinard Carmona, Mara Lee Grayson, Leah Claire Kaminski, Shana Ross, Jeneva Burroughs Stone, and John Sibley Williams.

Fiction by Abbie Barker, Elizabeth Childs, K.S. Dyal, Laura Rock Gaughan, Neil Richard Grayson, Christopher Torockio, and Frankie Zwick.

Nonfiction by Andrea Bianchi and Sienna Zeilinger.

Cover Art by Syd Mills.


CutBank 96

Poetry by Anthony Borruso, Jordan Escobar, Jane Morton, Tomaz Salamun (Translated by Brian Henry), Philip Schaefer, Milla van den Have, and Jane Zwart.

Fiction by Bruce McKay, Alex Moersen, Peter Mountford, Holly Pelesky, and Sarah Walker.

Nonfiction by Robert Blair Porter and Eric W. Willis.

Visual Art by Robert Blair Porter.

Cover Art by Pat Stevens.


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CutBank 95

Poetry by Ben Kline, Rebecca Lehmann, Catherine Ragsdale, Stephanie Rogers, Gabrielle Grace Hogan, Chelsea Harlan, Hannah Dierdorff, Kelle Groom, and Theresa Monteiro.

Fiction by Ellen Skirvin, Rich Ives, Paul Riker, and Stephen Brophy.

Nonfiction by Christie Tate and Lena Crown.

Interior Illustrations by Aspen Bienvenue.

Cover Art by Dagny Walton.


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CutBank 94

Poetry by Emma DePanise, Beth Suter, Erin Block, Emily Banks, Charlotte Hughes, Justin Jannise, Todd Osborne, Chad Foret, and Serena Solin.

Fiction by Max Gray, Dana Liebelson, Rebecca Moon Ruark, Anna Reeser, John Blair, Francesca Leader, and Elisabeth Adwin Edwards.

Nonfiction by Kelly Magee.

Interior Illustrations by Sarah Scambray.


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CutBank 93

Poetry by Benjamin Gucciardi, Hallie Beard, Kathleen Madrid, Fatima Espiritu, Hari Alluri and Haydil Henriquez.

Fiction by K.C. Mead-Brewer and Maureen Traverse.

Nonfiction by Ona Gritz, Kristine Langley Mahler, J. A. Bernstein, Robert Rebein, and Gregory Ariail.

Visual Art by Stella Nall and Enrique Barrios.

Plus, the winner and runner-up of the The CutBank Genre Contest: K.C. Mead-Brewer, Robert Rebein, and Kathleen Madrid.


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CutBank 92

Poetry by Ian U Lockaby, Kevin Neal, Rochelle Jewel Shapiro, Michael Juliani, Terrance Owens, Katherine Fallon, E.C. Belli, Thomas Osatchoff, and James McKee.

Fiction by Maureen Langloss, Andrew Joseph Kane, Matt Greene, and Jieyan Wang.

Nonfiction by Rachel Weaver, Caitlin McGill, and Joshua Doležal.

Visual Art by Ed Hamilton, Mickey Haldi, Megan Scherrer, Aspen Kelly, and Elijah Janka Garrard.

Plus, the winner and runners-up of the Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Contest: JJ Peña, Darcy Casey, and Stephen Hundley.


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CutBank 91

Poetry by Matthew J. Spireng, Mark Neely, Sarah Koening, Christopher Munde, and Brian Beatty.

Fiction by Kim Magowan and Brett Puryear.

Nonfiction by Peyton Prater Stark and Julie Poole.

Visual Art by J.M. Cooper and Robert R. Thurman.

Plus, the winners of the Montana Prizes in Fiction and Nonfiction and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry: Laura Price Steele, Arya Samuelson, and Erin Russell.


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Commissary Notes

A Special Issue Featuring the Writing and Artwork of Montana's Incarcerated Youth

This special issue is a collaboration between CutBank Books and the Free Verse Writing Project, an organization founded by MFA students at the University of Montana in 2014. Sponsored by the Missoula Writing Collaborative, Free Verse teaches literature and creative writing classes in juvenile detention centers across Montana. Proceeds from the sale of Commissary Notes will be used to provide copies of this publication to Free Verse and their students.


40 Years of CutBank

Featuring some of the finest writing we've published from CutBank #1 (1973) to #79 (2113).

It's an impressive list of authors, including: Richard Hugo, Rita Dove, Mary Karr, Judy Blunt, Karen Volkman, James Galvin, Mary Ruefle, Patricia Goedicke, Debra Magpie Earling, Henrietta Goodman, Annick Smith, Chris Dombrowski, David Alan Cates, Ed Skoog, Greg Pape, Jane Hirshfield, Jim Harrison, J. Robert Lennon, Kim Barnes, Kim Robert Stafford, Mông-Lan, Richard Hugo, Sandra Alcosser, William Kittredge, and William Stafford, among many, many others.

$25.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.


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CutBank 90

Poetry by Helena Chung, Patrick Whitfill, Elisa Karbin, Cameron McGill, and Susan Johnson.

Fiction by Dani Blackman, Brooke Sahni, Trevor J. Houser, and Stephen D. Gutierrez.

Nonfiction by Jessica Martini, Heather Heckman-McKenna, and Jennifer Jordán Schaller.

Plus, the winner and runners up of the Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Contest: Sara Ryan, Ruth Joffre, and Eliza Smith.


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CutBank 89

Poetry by Taisia Kitaiskaia, John Koethe, Alyssa McCanna, Abigail Pollokoff, and Danielle Shuster

Fiction by Michael Byers, Joanna Eleftheriou, Daniel Paul, and Fortunate Salazar.

Nonfiction by Matthew Gallant, Sam Olson, and Amye Day Ong.

Photography by Will Adams.Plus, CutBank contest winners Tammy Delatorre, J. Matthew Gottwig, and Freesia McKee

Cover art: "Beach Snack" by David Lusk

Cover art: "Beach Snack" by David Lusk


CutBank 88

Featuring: 

Poetry by Kathryn Merwin, Virginia Smith Rice, Andrew Szilvasy, McKenzie Zalopany, and Amie Irwin.

Fiction by Courtney Craggett, Mark Steinwachs, and Henry Goldkamp.

Nonfiction by Joanna Pocock, and Christopher Collins.

Plus, 2017 winner and runners up for the Big Sky, Small Prose Contest: Allie Mariano, Daryl Scroggins, and Kim K. McCrea.

$10.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.


CutBank 87

Featuring: 
Jillian Merrifield, Ruby Hansen Murray (Winner of the Montana Prize in Nonfiction, judged by Peter Orner), Joseph J. Capista, Stefani Nellen (Winner of the Montana Prize in Fiction, judged by Alexandra Kleeman), Brooke Wonders, Zackary Medlin (Winner of the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry, judged by Bob Hicok), Emily Jace McLaughlin, Jalina Mhyana, Charlie D'Eve, Steven Lang, Bryce Emley, and Abby Minor.

$10.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.


CutBank 86

Featuring: 
Kyle Ellingson, Rae Winkelstein, Juliana Gray, Roxanne Banks Malia, Alysia Sawchyn, Daryl Scroggins, Derek Updegraff, Rachel Morgan, Alison Ruth, Lacey Rowland, Patrick Kindig, Michael Parker, and an interview with Gregory Pardlo, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.

$10.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.


CutBank 85

Featuring: 
Felicia Zamora, John English, Elizabeth Sanger, Suzanne Roszak, Sidney Taiko, David Ishaya Osu, Morgan Blalock, Erica Bernheim, Luke Muyskens, Veronica Kuhn, J.R. Toriseva, S.K. Stringer, Christopher Vondracek, Tracy Fuad, Jennifer Murvin, Maxim Loksutoff, Laura Gabel-Hartman, Dan Pinkerton, & Terrance Manning, Jr.

$10.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.

$10.00

CutBank 84

Featuring:
Taylor Gorman, Bo Schwabacher, Victoria McArtor, Matthew Spireng, Geoffrey Woolf, Emily O'Neill, DM Macormic, Danika Stegman, Haesong Kwon, Gene Albamonte, Jane Wong, Natalie Lund, Caleb Tankersley, Melissa Gutierrez, Garrett Biggs, Kimberly Garza, Jesse Goolsby, Gina Warren, Katherine E. Standefer, and Alana de Hinojosa.

$10.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.


Yes, we have back issues!

CutBank #6 - #83

Check our inventory for availability and ordering instructions. 


CHAPBOOKS


The Potential of Radio and Rain

Myna Chang

2023 CutBank Chapbook Contest Winner

$10.00






Men with the Throats of Birds

Jordan Escobar

2023 CutBank Chapbook Contest Runner-Up

$10.00

Heart of the Lonesome Galaxy

Kate Lucas

2023 CutBank Chapbook Contest Runner-Up

$10.00


The Subject Line Reads

Blanche Brown

2022 CutBank Chapbook Contest Winner

$10.00

Each Lie that Pollutes the Body

Kevin West

2022 CutBank Chapbook Contest Runner-Up

$10.00




Teaching English Lit on the Day After a Shooting

Craig Beaven

2022 CutBank Chapbook Contest Runner-Up

$10.00







Musth

Ashwini Bhasi

2020-2021 CutBank Chapbook Contest Winner

$10.00

Collective Inventions

Natalie Tombasco

2020-2021 CutBank Chapbook Contest Runner-Up

$10.00

The Beginnings of Fire

Geula Geurts

2020-2021 CutBank Chapbook Contest Runner-Up

$10.00


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Remember Me: An Essay

Eric LeMay

2019 CutBank Chapbook Contest Winner

$10.00

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The Pirate Anne Bonny Dances the Tarantella

Dorsey Craft

2019 CutBank Chapbook Contest Runner-Up

$10.00

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Womanskin

Kathryn Merwin

2019 CutBank Chapbook Contest Runner-Up

$10.00


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Don’t Give Up On Alan Greenspan

Soma Mei Sheng Frazier

2018 CutBank Chapbook Contest Winner

$10.00

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Another Bright Departure

Joan Naviyuk Kane

2018 CutBank Chapbook Contest
Runner-Up

$10.00

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What You Have Left Is Me

Kat Williams

2018 CutBank Chapbook Contest
Runner-Up

$10.00


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Weathermanic

James D'Agostino

2017 CutBank Chapbook Contest Winner

$10.00

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Many Have Fallen 

by Haesong Kwon

Runner-Up, 2017 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00

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No Mark Spiral 

by Rainie Oet

Runner-Up, 2017 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00


Little Violences - Currently Out of Print

By Raven Jackson

Winner, 2016 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00

When the Moon Was
Ours for the Taking

By Wendell Mayo

Runner-up, 2016 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00

Variation on Testimony

By Lisa Hiton

Runner-up, 2016 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00


Low Village

By Daniel Riddle Rodriguez

Winner, 2015 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00

Book of Lake

By Nicholas Gulig

Runner-up, 2015 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00


Chthonic

by John James
Winner of the 2014 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00

Candy in Our Brains

by Anne Barngrover & Avni Vyas

$10.00


What They Took Away

by Dennis James Sweeney
Winner of the 2013 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00

 

How I See The Humans

by Gretchen Vanwormer

$10.00

 

I Am Trying to Show You My Matchbook Collection

By Andie Francis

$10.00

 

Nuclear

by Sean Bernard

Winner of the 2012 CutBank Chapbook Contest

$10.00

 

Memory of the Prose Machine

by Sandra Doller

$10.00

 

Through the Hour Glass

by Kristin Hatch

$10.00