Leigh is a Michigan-based writer, editor, educator, and movement artist.

Leigh’s debut collection, FREELAND, is available from Alice James Books as of June 2025!

Early Praise & Press:

FREELAND named a “Most Anticipated Debut Poetry Collection of 2025” by Electric Literature!

Excerpt featured on Philly Chapbook Review

Review from William Ward Butler at Bear River Review

Interview by Jiordan Castle in Electric Literature

More coverage here!

Readings & Events - August - October

August 7: Elliot Bay Book Company (Seattle) 7 - 8 pm, with Esther Lin, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, & Matthew Nienow. FREE!

August 12: Hugo House (Seattle) 6 - 8 pm, with Ally Ang & Shelby Handler. FREE! Pre-register here.

August/Sept TBD: Detroit, location & time TBA, with Owólabi Aboyade, Jamaal May & Isaac Pickell. Stay tuned!

September 27: River Reading Series @ Unnamable Books (Brooklyn) 7 pm, with Ashna Ali

October 9: NYU CWP Reading Series (New York City) 6:30 pm, with Aria Aber, Rachel Mannheimer, & Maggie Milner

October 11: Singapore Unbound (New York City) 7-9 pm, with Salil Tripathi.

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A chronically ill and disabled artist, Leigh aims to learn from and contribute to a rich and growing lineage of disabled artists.

In addition to FRELAND, Leigh created and edited That’s a Pretty Thing to Call It: Prose and poetry by artists teaching in carceral settings (New Village Press, 2023)

Leigh is represented by Ayla Zuraw-Friedland at Frances Goldin Literary Agency.

Thank you for visiting, and please connect!

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OTHER NEWS

Essay: “Otherwise Hidden, or, Self-Erasure: A Teleology” at Poetry Foundation (online)

Poem in FENCE

“Semiotics” and “Upon Being Told I’m Untrustworthy” in Pleiades (Print)

ONLYPOEMS POET OF THE WEEK!

See feature & interview here <3

BROOKLYN POETS POET OF THE WEEK!

See feature & interview here <3