Lisa K. Buchanan
@lisakbuchanan.bsky.social
Semi-Finalist, Cleaver Short CNF Contest, 2024; Notable, Best American Essays 2023; First Place, Short Fiction Prize, CRAFT, 2022. Writings in The Citron Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Sweet
Don't miss this micro by@karenc.bsky.social in Fall 2025 Citron Review!
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Stoked to have a micro in the Fall Issue of The Citron Review!
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Why They Still Make Sense
by Karen Crawford She doesn’t hear the sneeze-fart before he butchers “Heartbreak Hotel” in the shower. He doesn’t see her wiry grays clogging the drain. She doesn’t smell the Vicks in …
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October 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Don't miss this micro by@karenc.bsky.social in Fall 2025 Citron Review!
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To this I would add the tyranny of polite dinner conversation, avoiding "difficult" subjects and bypassing the practice of inquiry and civil discourse.
August 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
To this I would add the tyranny of polite dinner conversation, avoiding "difficult" subjects and bypassing the practice of inquiry and civil discourse.
Another. How did The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton land on a list of banned books? Machine-screened for a certain n-word in the jacket copy?
“ …. Then, suddenly, the mysterious, intensely nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York...."
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“ …. Then, suddenly, the mysterious, intensely nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York...."
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The Age of Innocence
Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is an elegant, masterful portrait of desire and betrayal in old New York—now with a new int...
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August 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Another. How did The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton land on a list of banned books? Machine-screened for a certain n-word in the jacket copy?
“ …. Then, suddenly, the mysterious, intensely nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York...."
parents.simonandschuster.com/9781982145903
“ …. Then, suddenly, the mysterious, intensely nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York...."
parents.simonandschuster.com/9781982145903
A serious writer is someone for whom ear buds enable public eavesdropping.
A serious writer is someone who waits until the end of the party and takes home all the leftover food.
Saw a post recently about what makes someone a "serious" writer. It included studying writing at university, partaking in multi-day workshops, attending conferences, attending awards ceremonies.
Sounds a lot like pay-to-play, to me.
Sounds a lot like pay-to-play, to me.
August 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A serious writer is someone for whom ear buds enable public eavesdropping.
How did The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm land on a banned book list? Was it machine-screened for the d-word in the jacket copy?
“....Indeed, this is what makes the tales from the 1812 and 1815 editions unique--they reflect diverse voices…”
“....Indeed, this is what makes the tales from the 1812 and 1815 editions unique--they reflect diverse voices…”
August 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
How did The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm land on a banned book list? Was it machine-screened for the d-word in the jacket copy?
“....Indeed, this is what makes the tales from the 1812 and 1815 editions unique--they reflect diverse voices…”
“....Indeed, this is what makes the tales from the 1812 and 1815 editions unique--they reflect diverse voices…”
Thank you @fiveminutelit.bsky.social !
High Five! So many of you we can't get the post in if we tag you - congratulations! More good news at fiveminutelit.com/newsletter
July 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Thank you @fiveminutelit.bsky.social !
A shiver wakes me up. I grope for my paisley quilt—empty hands. —"The Stranger" by @entangledrhyme.bsky.social
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July 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Submissions — Five Minutes
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July 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’m a guest reader this month over at Five Minutes. Eager to slurp up your deliciosity—by which I mean your 100-word piece about five minutes in your life. Guidelines: www.fiveminutelit.com/submissions
Some lovely sorrow.
“That’s when the orgasm stopped in, looked at me and then away, and then apologized.”
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“That’s when the orgasm stopped in, looked at me and then away, and then apologized.”
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The Last Orgasm by Nin Andrews
What you have long suspected is true. I know. It happened to me on April 11, 2013, a Sunday. My husband served me coffee and croissants in bed. Ada, the terrier, joined us and snuggled beneath the cov...
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June 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Some lovely sorrow.
“That’s when the orgasm stopped in, looked at me and then away, and then apologized.”
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@smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge
“That’s when the orgasm stopped in, looked at me and then away, and then apologized.”
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@smokelong.bsky.social #ArchiveChallenge
Love this gut-ripping story by @67mgriffin.bsky.social and am pleased to be an issuemate of hers at @rfpress.bsky.social
Thanks to @rfpress.bsky.social for sharing my story. This one is fiction but close to the heart and hurts a bit💔. Check it out as well as the amazing other pieces selected for the issue!!! www.roifaineantpress.com/post/what-yo...
"What You Wish For When in Pain" by Margo Griffin
Billy stands lost in the doorway, much smaller than I remember. Bruno barks, unsure of who he is, but eventually picks up Billy’s scent and lies back down. Billy has lost more weight and his cheeks si...
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June 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Love this gut-ripping story by @67mgriffin.bsky.social and am pleased to be an issuemate of hers at @rfpress.bsky.social
Favorite novella recently read: The Employees by Olga Ravn. Favorite novella recently re-read: Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor. And you?
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Favorite novella recently read: The Employees by Olga Ravn. Favorite novella recently re-read: Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor. And you?
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues--and check out my funny at @rfpress.bsky.social.
Customer service is difficult. Don't let anyone tell you differently! Dealing with complaints. Having to balance pleasing the customer & towing the company line. Check out "From the Customer Love Department" by @lisakbuchanan.bsky.social & see how it's done!
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May 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues--and check out my funny at @rfpress.bsky.social.
So powerful, so necessary, so beautiful in its sorrow.
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May 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
So powerful, so necessary, so beautiful in its sorrow.
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Oooooh, with Roi Fainéant @rfpress.bsky.social
(wittyword folk!) and Bowie (book lovin' rocker!) this Sunday. Can't wait!
(wittyword folk!) and Bowie (book lovin' rocker!) this Sunday. Can't wait!
Ever tried to return that dopamine rush purchase? Alone at 2 AM, recently dumped and regretful? What excuse did you use? "From the Customer Love Department" by Lisa K. Buchanan @lisakbuchanan.bsky.social is out Sunday 5/24. To quote Bowie, “Put on your red shoes and dance the blues”.
May 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oooooh, with Roi Fainéant @rfpress.bsky.social
(wittyword folk!) and Bowie (book lovin' rocker!) this Sunday. Can't wait!
(wittyword folk!) and Bowie (book lovin' rocker!) this Sunday. Can't wait!
Can't wait to read the stories chosen by JR Walsh at Citron Review!
The winner of the "Up to 250-Word" portion of the March Micro Marathon comps (internal), chosen by JR Walsh from The Citron Review is
"On Sunday, you wake up as a Firebird" by Kate Horsley
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social has won $120 from SmokeLong and publication from The Citron Review!
"On Sunday, you wake up as a Firebird" by Kate Horsley
@katehorsleywriter.bsky.social has won $120 from SmokeLong and publication from The Citron Review!
April 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Can't wait to read the stories chosen by JR Walsh at Citron Review!
Nobody had to tell us it was healthy...Cleaver Magazine. 2024 Short Nonfiction Semi-Finalist
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Lisa K. Buchanan: Thank You, Coco Chanel • Cleaver Magazine
Creative nonfiction by Lisa K. Buchanan can be found in The Citron Review, The Ekphrastic Review, and SugarSugarSalt.
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April 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nobody had to tell us it was healthy...Cleaver Magazine. 2024 Short Nonfiction Semi-Finalist
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I so so so so needed this today!
Not sure if my butterflies are from excitement or apprehension. But this is my first CNF! Another piece from my collection about the challenges/joys of parenting queer kids. Much ❤️ to everyone at In Short & EIC Steph Liberatore for holding space for this topic.
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Dawn Tasaka Steffler
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February 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I so so so so needed this today!
"her teeth deliriously blue" Powerful piece!
Today's shortlisted story is "It's Negro Day at the Fair" by Barbara Diggs. Congratulations, Barbara! A breathless paragraph infused with voice and message.
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#FlashFiction #WritingComp
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 24
Shortlisted pieces for the 2024 Welkin Mini
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January 22, 2024 at 7:12 PM
"her teeth deliriously blue" Powerful piece!
Thrilled to have my piece up today and be part of this lovely group @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social #CreativeNonfiction @Essays #Memoir #FlashCNF
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December 15, 2023 at 6:25 PM
Thrilled to have my piece up today and be part of this lovely group @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social #CreativeNonfiction @Essays #Memoir #FlashCNF
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Reposted by Lisa K. Buchanan
Congratulations to this year's Pushcart nominees!!!
Matthew Henry
Lisa Buchanan
Jon Davis
Ankit Ojha
Carla Cherry
Juliana Gray
Good luck!! 🎉
Matthew Henry
Lisa Buchanan
Jon Davis
Ankit Ojha
Carla Cherry
Juliana Gray
Good luck!! 🎉
November 28, 2023 at 4:31 PM
Congratulations to this year's Pushcart nominees!!!
Matthew Henry
Lisa Buchanan
Jon Davis
Ankit Ojha
Carla Cherry
Juliana Gray
Good luck!! 🎉
Matthew Henry
Lisa Buchanan
Jon Davis
Ankit Ojha
Carla Cherry
Juliana Gray
Good luck!! 🎉
This was a great event!
🗣️BAY AREA!! It’s almost time for Lit Crawl and we have some exciting updates! Rowena Leong Singer and Candy Shue will be guest readers with 17 Syllables 🙌🏽 Hope to see you at our reading tonight, Oct. 21, 8-9pm at Noisebridge, 272 Capp St, SF. Come thru!! 💛💚🩵💙
October 22, 2023 at 9:35 PM
This was a great event!
"Had the poison arrow shot through your heel by then?" Congratulations! @davenashlit1.bsky.social
Thrilled my micro “Beautiful Breakfast” is included in issue 66 of miniMag minimag.space
October 6, 2023 at 9:43 PM
"Had the poison arrow shot through your heel by then?" Congratulations! @davenashlit1.bsky.social
"my banana-shaped stress squeezee, rubber-treaded hospital socks and no-name lotion" Gorgeous story by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
It's here! @ettereview.bsky.social's inaugural issue includes my #flash, Kanreki, so beautifully illustrated by Beth Hahn. Thank you editors, for giving Kanreki a home. ettereview.com/fall2023/bid...
-ette review: Patricia Q. Bidar
Read “Kanreki” by Patricia Q. Bidar on -ette
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September 24, 2023 at 4:50 AM
"my banana-shaped stress squeezee, rubber-treaded hospital socks and no-name lotion" Gorgeous story by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
Thanking Editor Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social on this new platform for giving my piece a smart home in Porcupine Lit
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www.porcupineliterary.com/post/a-tutor... along with work by Mike Keller-Wilson and @mehpoeting.bsky.social
A Tutor's ABCs
Lisa K. Buchanan is a San Francisco prose writer, an adoptee, a melanoma survivor, and a lover of Lindy Hop.
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September 20, 2023 at 8:31 PM
Thanking Editor Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social on this new platform for giving my piece a smart home in Porcupine Lit
www.porcupineliterary.com/post/a-tutor... along with work by Mike Keller-Wilson and @mehpoeting.bsky.social
www.porcupineliterary.com/post/a-tutor... along with work by Mike Keller-Wilson and @mehpoeting.bsky.social
I so treasure a story that gives my assumptions a nice, hard twist. Congratulations! @sylviasays2.bsky.social
I'm fond of "Last Suppers". . .
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September 17, 2023 at 5:11 AM
I so treasure a story that gives my assumptions a nice, hard twist. Congratulations! @sylviasays2.bsky.social