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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, forthcoming

“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