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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
Stay tuned!
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