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Well what the heck is a
jelly bucket?

It’s an archaic slang term for a lunch pail, formerly used by coal miners and other laborers residing in Appalachia.

You've found your personal jelly bucket; a great place to fuel your literary interests. Jelly Bucket is the place to for book reviews, author interviews and insightful stories all curated by our staff and MFA students of the Bluegrass Writers Studio.

Sep 23

Sep 23 Issue #11 Featuring Special Section: Black Lives Matter

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Journal

Jelly Bucket #11 has arrived! We are excited to present the inaugural issue in the new direction for Jelly Bucket featuring an underrepresented/marginalized community in each issue. Black Lives Matter is the focus for issue #11; that section is guest edited by esteemed author, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon. This issue features prose and poetry by Alexis V. Jackson, Matthew E. Henry, Gordon Mennenga, and others. The stunning cover artwork is by Israel Solomon.