Les (L.M.) Browning (they/them) is a 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 ten years, Les founded Homebound Publications, Wayfarer Books, and The Wayfarer Magazine. Their own published works have received five Pushcart Prize nominations, two Foreword Review Book Awards, and the Nautilus Gold Medal for Poetry.
Since the release of their micro-memoir, To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity, and the subsequent TEDx Talk at Yale based on the book, Browning has worked tirelessly as a Mental Health Advocate and publicly shares their own struggle with cptsd as a means to help lift the stigma of mental illness through storytelling.
Recently Browning accepted a position on ct-nami’s Lived Experience Committee and received national certification as a Survivor of Suicide Attempt 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.
Vagabond-turned-homesteader, Les is currently posted up at Wayfarer Farm in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, where they are solo homesteading 15 acres of raw land in their own modern Walden.
tedx talk
In 2018, Les presented their TEDx Talk at Yale University’s TEDx 2018 “Uncharted” Conference based on their own journey with successive trauma and search for different means of transcending that suffering into something of meaning.
interviews
6 Questions with L.M. Browning
6 Questions with award-winning author and Homebound Publications Founder L.M. Browning Photo of author hiking Walden Pond, June 2015 1. What books are on your nightstand? Artic Dreams by Barry Lopez, Winter Count by Barry Lopez, Light Action in the Caribbean by Barry...
7 People to Watch in Coastal Connecticut Magazine!
Coastal Connecticut Magazine has named the "7 People to Watch in Connecticut"—a list of 7 rising names in New England. The list includes opera singers, activists, entrepreneurs, and Founder of the Homebound Publications L.M. Browning! Read the article free...
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Ann Nyberg Interviews L.M. Browning [Video]
Author and Homebound Publications' Founder L.M. Browning is on the latest episode of NYBERG. (Watch Below) Ann Nyberg is WTNH-New Haven's longest serving Anchor/Reporter in station history. Ann anchors the 6 and 10 o'clock nightly newscasts. What really gets her going...
A New Book and a Gold Medal for Poet L.M. Browning
A New Book and a Gold Medal for Poet L.M. Browning By Marisa Nadolny Publication: The Day | Published 10/19/2013 There's a reason why poet L.M. Browning prefers to write at night. The daytime hours of a publisher and editor tend to fill up quickly. The evening hours,...
Interview on The Wild Hour Show | Hosted by Emmy Winning Filmmaker Alan Cooke
Recently I had the honor to be featured on The Wild Hour Show—the podcast show of Emmy winning filmmaker and writer Alan Cooke. Part of the charm and genius of the show is that it is casual and natural, not scripted; it is a conversation not an interview. You can...
Homebound Takes Root in Stonington | An Article from The New London Day
Homebound Takes Root in Stonington By Suzanne Thompson {Publishing April 7, 2012 in The Day for the article click here >>} It's the name an aspiring teenage Stonington author wrote on her rough manuscripts 15 years ago: "Homebound Publications." "It was just a...
Independent Publisher Homebound Publications Launches In Stonington
Recently I sat down with Bree Shirvell of the Stonington Patch to discuss my new role as Owner of Homebound Publications. We had a wonderful chat over coffee in a little cafe in downtown Mystic, Connecticut. A large part of identity is based on my youth spent along...
The Sacredness of the Earth | Future Primitive Interview
Joanna Harcourt Smith interviewing L.M. Browning for Future Primitive. "I was honored by Joanna's invitation to discuss my work and the 'greater issues.' I have said it before, speaking with her was like discussing spirituality with an old friend. She left me...
In The Easy Chair Interview | The Sun
Interview given for the "In The Easy Chair" feature of the Westerly Sun. Interview conducted and edited by Nancy Burns-Fusaro | December 12, 2010 AGE: 28 OCCUPATION: Freelance Writer/poet, Partner at Hiraeth Press, Associate Editor of Written River: A Journal...
Browning Publishes Second Book | The Sun
Browning Publishes Second Book Article from The Westerly Sun | November 2010 STONINGTON – “Ruminations at Twilight: Poetry Exploring the Sacred,” by L.M. Browning was recently released. Browning, a Stonington resident, is a partner in the Boston-based Independant...
Going Back to Go Forward | Stonington Times Interview
Stonington resident's debut poetry book inspired by the wisdom of nature Exiled from the technological age for my love of all things olden, simple and green I return to humanity's first dwelling-to the forest, our natural home...
L.M. Browning | Tao Radio Interview
Author L.M. Browning gives an interview with Tracy Owen of Tao Blog-Talk Radio. More about Tao Radio " It is the intention of TAO radio to demonstrate how energy work can uplift the individuals self image, clear past life and soul attachments, and to help remove...
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