L.M. Browning (they/them) is a two-spirited bestselling poet whose hybrid of introspective travel writing and visual art focuses on the alchemizing of trauma through active awe-seeking and a re-wilding of one’s life and self.

Over the last fifteen years, Les’ twenty-something intention to help “ensure the mainstream isn’t the only stream,” has taken shape in the form of the enduring indie platforms: Homebound Publications, Wayfarer Books,The Wayfarer Magazine & Navigator Graphics. Their own published works have received five Pushcart Prize nominations, two Foreword Review Book Awards, and the Nautilus Gold Medal for Poetry.

Recently Browning accepted a position on the State of Connecticut’s/NAMI’s Lived Experience Committee and received national certification as a Survivor of Suicide Attempt (SOSA), Group Peer Facilitator through the Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services Foundation in Los Angeles. They are a graduate of the University of London and Harvard University. 

Les and their coydog, Kiva, divide their time between New Mexico and Wayfarer Farm in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts.

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Before words became the primary outlet for my creative expression, I was a visual artist and a dj at a skating rink (circa 1998). The days at the rink are long gone and I don’t get to sketch nearly often as I would like, but music has remained central in my life. “Ramblin’ Radio” is a public playlist I update monthly with new tracks from the DJ booth that is my Overlanding-Rigged obsidian-black Subaru Forester, affectionally called “Pearl”.

In late 2023, the two passions–words and music–will merge in my chapbook: Deep Cuts, Minor Chords: A Poetic Playlist.

Learn more and read excerpts from the collection on my substack travelogue.