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

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

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!

FREELAND 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

February 14: All Our Exes Poetry Reading (Remote) 7:30 EST, with Margot Kahn, Keetje Kuipers, Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Chen Chen, Richie Hofmann, Rajiv Mohabir, and Laura Read. Sponsored by Charis Books. Pre-register here.

February 28: New Innards @ Book Suey (Detroit) 6:30 EST, with Owólabi Aboyade, Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty, Aiko Fukuchi, and Jenna Quartararo. FREE!

AWP - Baltimore

March 5: FREELAND Book Signing, Alice James Books Booth (Baltimore Convention Center) 1-2 EST

March 6: Rewriting the Archive: Poetic Voices on Who Defines History, Sponsored by Alice James Books (Baltimore Convention Center) 1:45 EST, with Natalie Diaz, Tyehimba Jess, Iain Haley Pollock, and Andrea Jurjević. Must be registered through AWP.

March 6: AWP Offiste Event with Yetzirah Poets, TBD

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