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Leigh Sugar is a Michigan-based writer, editor, educator, and movement artist.
She created and edited That’s a Pretty Thing to Call It: Prose and poetry by artists teaching in carceral settings (New Village Press, 2023) available NOW!
Her first book, FREELAND, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in 2025!
Leigh works for poet Rachel Zucker on her podcast Commonplace: Conversations with Poets (and other people)!
A chronically ill and disabled artist, Leigh is dedicated to learning from and contributing to a rich and growing lineage of disabled artists.
Find more information about past and upcoming projects and events, as well as available teaching, writing, editing, and tutoring services, in the navigation bar above, or jump right to her calendar to book a tutoring session here!
Thank you for visiting, and please connect!
Leigh is represented by Ayla Zuraw-Friedland at Frances Goldin Literary Agency.
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
ID: Book with bright orange background and a white dandelion with green stem in the foreground. The title reads “THAT’S A PRETTY THING TO CALL IT.” The very bottom of the book cover is white with orange letters reading: “Prose and Poetry by Artists Teaching in Carceral Institutions. Leigh Sugar, Editor”
EVENTS & NEWS
ArtFuse wrote an astute and generous review of That’s a Pretty Thing to Call It!
Listen to an episode of On the Margin where writer, poet, activist, and anthology contributor E. Ethelbert Miller interviews Leigh about the book!
Listen to an episode of Graves to Gardens where activist, abolitionist, and scholar Rashida Ricketts interviews Leigh with contributors Karla Robinson & Erin Wiley!
Interview with Leigh about That’s a Pretty Thing to Call It on Pigeon Pages!
Poems forthcoming in SICK, New Ohio Review, and more!
ONLYPOEMS POET OF THE WEEK!
See my feature & interview here <3