Laura Leigh Morris
@lauraleighwrite.bsky.social
Appalachian, prison reform advocate, mother, author of The Stone Catchers: A Novel (UP Kentucky, 2024) and Jaws of Life: Stories (West Virginia UP, 2018). Words in STORY, North American Review, Florida Review, others.
www.lauraleighmorris.com
www.lauraleighmorris.com
4: do your teachers let you say potty words at your school?
Me: I am the teacher.
4: do you students let you?
Me: I am the teacher.
4: do you students let you?
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
4: do your teachers let you say potty words at your school?
Me: I am the teacher.
4: do you students let you?
Me: I am the teacher.
4: do you students let you?
Reports of icy conditions in Greenville, SC, especially near White Horse Road. Stay safe. Keep your neighbors safe. Keep your eyes open and your cameras on. #greenvillesc
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reports of icy conditions in Greenville, SC, especially near White Horse Road. Stay safe. Keep your neighbors safe. Keep your eyes open and your cameras on. #greenvillesc
She dresses up nicely. (Birthday gift from the husband.)
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
She dresses up nicely. (Birthday gift from the husband.)
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Honored to be on the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia longlist with so many other great books. @kentuckypress.bsky.social #Appalachia #Writing
October 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Honored to be on the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia longlist with so many other great books. @kentuckypress.bsky.social #Appalachia #Writing
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It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.
October 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.
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How does it feel to have leopards eating your face? #leopards #leopardsatemyface
October 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
How does it feel to have leopards eating your face? #leopards #leopardsatemyface
Schrödinger’s army: the best on earth but also fat and woke.
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Schrödinger’s army: the best on earth but also fat and woke.
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Our BotN nominations are in! Congrats to Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez and @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social We're rooting for you! 🐸💙
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our BotN nominations are in! Congrats to Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez and @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social We're rooting for you! 🐸💙
Tomorrow at 6pm, join writers from @hubcitypress.bsky.social and @kentuckypress.bsky.social for a short reading and discussion about reading, writing, and the South. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#fiction #memoir #poetry #writingcommunity
#fiction #memoir #poetry #writingcommunity
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Hub City Press and University Press of Kentucky: Reading and Conversation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meetin...
Join us on September 18th at 6 pm for a virtual reading and conversation with Hub City Press and the University Press of Kentucky.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Tomorrow at 6pm, join writers from @hubcitypress.bsky.social and @kentuckypress.bsky.social for a short reading and discussion about reading, writing, and the South. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#fiction #memoir #poetry #writingcommunity
#fiction #memoir #poetry #writingcommunity
Excited to take part in the virtual open night mic at the Pat Conroy Literary Center tomorrow. Check it out: patconroyliterarycenter.org/.../virtual-...
September 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Excited to take part in the virtual open night mic at the Pat Conroy Literary Center tomorrow. Check it out: patconroyliterarycenter.org/.../virtual-...
Come be my colleague! Open rank position in multi-ethnic US literature.
Feel free to reach out if you have questions. #multiethniclit #academia #English #litjobs
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Feel free to reach out if you have questions. #multiethniclit #academia #English #litjobs
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Assistant, Associate, or Professor of English
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September 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Come be my colleague! Open rank position in multi-ethnic US literature.
Feel free to reach out if you have questions. #multiethniclit #academia #English #litjobs
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Feel free to reach out if you have questions. #multiethniclit #academia #English #litjobs
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I'm not sure why I like to see my #submittable pieces move from received to in progress, but it feels so very good.
August 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'm not sure why I like to see my #submittable pieces move from received to in progress, but it feels so very good.
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DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
August 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?
I keep thinking about people saying, "well, technically, he is allowed to..." whatever it is. Here's the thing: not everything is made illegal or legal for leaders, but we do expect our elected officials to act within the spirit of the law, to hold democracy high. The whole system breaks down 1/2
August 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I keep thinking about people saying, "well, technically, he is allowed to..." whatever it is. Here's the thing: not everything is made illegal or legal for leaders, but we do expect our elected officials to act within the spirit of the law, to hold democracy high. The whole system breaks down 1/2
Watched Superman tonight. When the right equates themselves with the bad guys and blames the left for that...that says more about them than us. #Superman
August 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Watched Superman tonight. When the right equates themselves with the bad guys and blames the left for that...that says more about them than us. #Superman
Me to Three: I love you.
Three: Thanks.
Later...
Three: I don't love you everyday, but I love you right now.
#parenting
Three: Thanks.
Later...
Three: I don't love you everyday, but I love you right now.
#parenting
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Me to Three: I love you.
Three: Thanks.
Later...
Three: I don't love you everyday, but I love you right now.
#parenting
Three: Thanks.
Later...
Three: I don't love you everyday, but I love you right now.
#parenting
Just called the lawnmower repair place and then scheduled a colonoscopy. I think I just crossed the official threshold into middle age.
July 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Just called the lawnmower repair place and then scheduled a colonoscopy. I think I just crossed the official threshold into middle age.
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“Eat You Up” by @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Miranda Kramer
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“Eat You Up” by @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Miranda Kramer
flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e...
Eat You Up by Laura Leigh Morris
The baby stares at the ceiling fan, content for the moment. I slump on the couch, afraid any movement will make her cry. My stomach growls. I can’t remember my last full meal. Days blur together. M…
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June 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“Eat You Up” by @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Miranda Kramer
flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e...
“Eat You Up” by @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Miranda Kramer
flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e...
Stoked to have a new story up @flashfrog.bsky.social today: flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e... #writingcommunity #flashfiction
Eat You Up by Laura Leigh Morris
The baby stares at the ceiling fan, content for the moment. I slump on the couch, afraid any movement will make her cry. My stomach growls. I can’t remember my last full meal. Days blur together. M…
flash-frog.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Stoked to have a new story up @flashfrog.bsky.social today: flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e... #writingcommunity #flashfiction
Reorganizing the collection after some additions and revisions. #flashfiction #writingcommunity
June 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reorganizing the collection after some additions and revisions. #flashfiction #writingcommunity
I'm currently reading Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" for today's class, and today's religious right seems to live in the entire section about the church's responsibility for continued enslavement. 1/3
June 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm currently reading Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" for today's class, and today's religious right seems to live in the entire section about the church's responsibility for continued enslavement. 1/3
"Tasted like fascism."
June 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Tasted like fascism."