The Painted Forest
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, Available now
In this often-surprising book of essays, Krista Eastman explores the myths we make about who we are and where we’re from.
Recent Work
“Pionier” (essay), Fourth Genre, forthcoming
“School Children” (essay), New Letters, Winter/Spring 2024
“On Leave” (essay), Cincinnati Review (miCRo series), Fall 2021
“Regina” (fiction), Amy Cutler: A Narrative Thread, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (exhibition catalogue), January 2021
“Ancient Inland Sea” (essay), Conjunctions, “Earth Elegies,” Fall 2019
Interviews/Readings
Reading for the Frostburg Center for Literary Arts, March 9, 2021
“Putting off-the-map oddities at the center of the universe: An interview with Krista Eastman,” Booktimist, West Virginia University Press, September 2019
Anthologies
“Meeting the Sisters,” Isle Royale from the A.I.R.: Poems, Stories, and Songs from 25 Years of Artists-in-Residence, Caffeinated Press, 2017