Welcome
Lila J. Cutter (she/her) is a writer and educator living in Portland, Oregon, originally from Iowa.
Lila has a background in equitable arts education and currently teaches poetry at the Attic Institute of Arts and Letters and Oregon State University, where she received her MFA in Poetry. Her poetry and nonfiction explores perceptions of femininity and considerations of home.
Poetry
The Madison Review: “The Diligence in the Snow, Gustav Courbet”
Watershed Review: “Imprint, Climate Memorial”
The Louisville Review: “Adoxography of the Grapefruit Knife”
Cathexis Northwest Press: “Overlapped Landscapes”
The Tiny Journal: “First Responder”
Disco Kitchen: “Seasonal”
Red Flag Poetry: “Fishbowl” (postcards)
Stoneboat Literary Journal: “(Un)freezing Process”
The Shore: “Shadowgraphy”
Sugar House Review: “Plan (B)lank Bloom”
Citron Review: “River Ash”
Miniskirt Magazine: “Aunt does a Healing”
The Racket Journal: “First Aid Skills for Standard Course;” “Planted or Grow;” “Johnny Fix It”
Ursus Americanus Press: “winter collectables”
Nonfiction
Write Place: Literature, Arts, and the Environment: “Written in Thorns”
Fellowships
Spring Creek Project
International Writing Program