@eugenialeigh
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EVENT (BALTIMORE / AWP) : Thurs 3/5 - Mess & Friction Reading Series
EVENT (BALTIMORE / AWP) : Thurs 3/5 - Mess & Friction Reading Series
CRAFT TALK & EVENT (VIRTUAL): Tues 3/24 @ 12:30pm ET - The New School Lang Craft Talks
CRAFT TALK & EVENT (VIRTUAL): Tues 3/24 @ 12:30pm ET - The New School Lang Craft Talks
The Lang Craft Talks series continues with special guest Eugenia Leigh.Eugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet and the author of Bianca (Four Way Books, 2023) and Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014). Poems from Bianca received Poetry magazine’s Bess Hokin Prize and have appeared in publications such as The Atlantic, The Nation, Ploughshares, and the Best of the Net anthology. Her essays have appeared in TIME, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Eugenia received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and serves as Senior Poetry Editor at The Adroit Journal and as Board President of Brooklyn Poets.Lang hosts a series of weekly dynamic and interactive lessons in the craft of writing. Each week features a different writer including Lang faculty, alumni and special guest writers. Visit the Lang Craft Talks Hub for the full line-up of writers this spring!
EVENT (NYC): Tues 4/14 @ P&T Knitwear - Conversation with Kristin T. Lee, author of We Mend with Gold
EVENT (NYC): Tues 4/14 @ P&T Knitwear - Conversation with Kristin T. Lee, author of We Mend with Gold
P&T Knitwear is a family-owned independent bookstore, podcast studio, event space, and cafe on Manhattan's Lower East Side .
EVENT (NYC): Sat 4/18 @ Poets House - Poets House 40th Anniversary Event
EVENT (NYC): Sat 4/18 @ Poets House - Poets House 40th Anniversary Event
Poets House is a national poetry library & literary center, home to readings, talks, performances, classes, a 70,000-volume collection & more.
About Me:
Eugenia Leigh - Website
Eugenia Leigh - Website
Eugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet and the author of two collections of poetry, Bianca (Four Way Books, 2023) and Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014).
BOOKS: Bianca (Four Way Books, 2023) & Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014)
BOOKS: Bianca (Four Way Books, 2023) & Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014)
Donate | Support Brooklyn Poets
Donate | Support Brooklyn Poets
Issue Fifty-Five – The Adroit Journal
Issue Fifty-Five – The Adroit Journal
Visit the post for more.
2023 - 2025 links
EVENT: (NYC) Nov 18 - Poetry Reading w/Isabella DeSendi & Leila Chatti - Tues 11/18 @ 6:30 PM (tix here)
EVENT: (NYC) Nov 18 - Poetry Reading w/Isabella DeSendi & Leila Chatti - Tues 11/18 @ 6:30 PM (tix here)
WORKSHOP: Sat 9/27 (Zoom) @ HVWC: 4-Hour Generative Workshop (Capturing Madness: Poetry as Broken Music vs. Music About Brokenness) - 12:30PM ET - 4:30PM ET
WORKSHOP: Sat 9/27 (Zoom) @ HVWC: 4-Hour Generative Workshop (Capturing Madness: Poetry as Broken Music vs. Music About Brokenness) - 12:30PM ET - 4:30PM ET
What do we lose when we write neat, lucid poems about incomprehensible experiences such as mental illness or war? In this 4-hour generative workshop, we will turn to Surrealist poets, feminist Korean poets in translation, Federico García Lorca, Bhanu Kapil, and others for answers.
EVENT: Sun 8/31 @ Guggenheim Museum: Museum Dream Walk @ 2:30PM ET (See link for description & details - limited spots)
EVENT: Sun 8/31 @ Guggenheim Museum: Museum Dream Walk @ 2:30PM ET (See link for description & details - limited spots)
EVENT: Sat 8/16 @ Guggenheim Museum: Rotunda Stage Poetry Reading @ 1:00PM ET
EVENT: Sat 8/16 @ Guggenheim Museum: Rotunda Stage Poetry Reading @ 1:00PM ET
EVENT: Tues 6/17 @ AAWW - NYC + Virtual: with Cathy Linh Che, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, Sahar Muradi
EVENT: Tues 6/17 @ AAWW - NYC + Virtual: with Cathy Linh Che, Mia Ayumi Malhotra, Sahar Muradi
Join AAWW for a celebration of Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Becoming Ghost by Cathy Lin Che, featuring readings by Sahar Muradi and Eugenia Leigh!
VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON: Sat 4/26: Brooklyn Poets Benefit Reading ft. Isabella DeSendi, Julia Kolchinsky, Eugenia Leigh & Megan Pinto — Brooklyn Poets
VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON: Sat 4/26: Brooklyn Poets Benefit Reading ft. Isabella DeSendi, Julia Kolchinsky, Eugenia Leigh & Megan Pinto — Brooklyn Poets
Join us on Saturday, April 26, as members of the Brooklyn Poets community read to raise funds to support Brooklyn Poets programs, fellowships & operations . Featured readers include Isabella DeSendi, Julia Kolchinsky, Eugenia Leigh & Mega
INTERVIEW: BOMB Magazine | "Eugenia Leigh by Vi Khi Nao," a Conversation
INTERVIEW: BOMB Magazine | "Eugenia Leigh by Vi Khi Nao," a Conversation
VIRTUAL EVENT: Feb 4 | Bridget Bell Book Launch w/ Eugenia Leigh - CavanKerry Press
VIRTUAL EVENT: Feb 4 | Bridget Bell Book Launch w/ Eugenia Leigh - CavanKerry Press
PODCAST INTERVIEW: Commonplace Podcast w/Rachel Zucker, Ep. 129 - Reading Eugenia Leigh's Bianca
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Podcast
PODCAST INTERVIEW: Commonplace Podcast w/Rachel Zucker, Ep. 129 - Reading Eugenia Leigh's Bianca
Podcast Episode · Commonplace Podcast · 10/11/2024 · 1h 12m
REVIEW: “ 7 Poetry Collections by Asian American Writers that Define Heart and the Infinite Volta” in Electric Lit
REVIEW: “ 7 Poetry Collections by Asian American Writers that Define Heart and the Infinite Volta” in Electric Lit
Poems full of emotion and surprises
PODCAST GUEST HOST: Poetry Centered Episode 42 - Eugenia Leigh: Proclaim a Rising
PODCAST GUEST HOST: Poetry Centered Episode 42 - Eugenia Leigh: Proclaim a Rising
PODCAST: Keep the Channel Open, Episode 119: Eugenia Leigh's Bianca (Rachel Zucker & Mike Sakasegawa
PODCAST: Keep the Channel Open, Episode 119: Eugenia Leigh's Bianca (Rachel Zucker & Mike Sakasegawa
In this second Keep the Channel Open feed drop, Rachel and Mike Sakasegawa discuss Bianca by Eugenia Leigh.
POEM + MICRO ESSAY: On Drafting "What I Miss Most About Hell" in underbelly
POEM + MICRO ESSAY: On Drafting "What I Miss Most About Hell" in underbelly
PODCAST: The On Being Project w/Pádraig Ó Tuama: "How the Dung Beetle Finds Its Way Home"
PODCAST: The On Being Project w/Pádraig Ó Tuama: "How the Dung Beetle Finds Its Way Home"
ESSAY: "Motherhood Brought My Buried Rage to the Surface" in Romper
ESSAY: "Motherhood Brought My Buried Rage to the Surface" in Romper
PODCAST INTERVIEW: The Postpartum Production Podcast S2E11 - "The Transformative Power of Poetry and Parenting: How Eugenia Leigh's Creative Process Rewrites the Page Itself"
PODCAST INTERVIEW: The Postpartum Production Podcast S2E11 - "The Transformative Power of Poetry and Parenting: How Eugenia Leigh's Creative Process Rewrites the Page Itself"
PODCAST: The Slowdown Show w/Major Jackson, 851: "I Was Wrong About So Much"
PODCAST: The Slowdown Show w/Major Jackson, 851: "I Was Wrong About So Much"
POEM: “ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Han (한 / 恨)” at POETRY
POEM: “ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Han (한 / 恨)” at POETRY
Free Lecture: The Art of the Zuihitsu with Eugenia Leigh via Authors Publish
Free Lecture: The Art of the Zuihitsu with Eugenia Leigh via Authors Publish
POETS IN CONVERSATION: Patricia Smith & Eugenia Leigh / hosted by Allison Adair @ A Mighty Blaze
POETS IN CONVERSATION: Patricia Smith & Eugenia Leigh / hosted by Allison Adair @ A Mighty Blaze
PODCAST INTERVIEW: WNYC / All of It with Alison Stewart
PODCAST INTERVIEW: WNYC / All of It with Alison Stewart
PODCAST INTERVIEW: StarkMarkings S2 EP.4 – “Stalemates and Standstills: Why Getting Stuck Moves Us Forward”
PODCAST INTERVIEW: StarkMarkings S2 EP.4 – “Stalemates and Standstills: Why Getting Stuck Moves Us Forward”
Learn about & Donate to the Transgender Law Center
Learn about & Donate to the Transgender Law Center
INTERVIEW: Poetry Northwest: “Labeling, Covering, Converging, Confessing”: A Conversation with Eugenia Leigh
INTERVIEW: Poetry Northwest: “Labeling, Covering, Converging, Confessing”: A Conversation with Eugenia Leigh
REVIEW: Review of BIANCA in Poetry Foundation by Cindy Juyoung Ok
REVIEW: Review of BIANCA in Poetry Foundation by Cindy Juyoung Ok
INTERVIEW: Write or Die Magazine: "Eugenia Leigh: On Excavating the Past, Writing as a Safeguard, Dialectical Thinking and Her New Book 'Bianca'"
INTERVIEW: Write or Die Magazine: "Eugenia Leigh: On Excavating the Past, Writing as a Safeguard, Dialectical Thinking and Her New Book 'Bianca'"
REVIEW: Review of BIANCA in Washington Independent Review of Books by Angela María Spring
REVIEW: Review of BIANCA in Washington Independent Review of Books by Angela María Spring
ESSAY: “Mental Illness Made My First Year as a Mom Excruciating” in TIME
ESSAY: “Mental Illness Made My First Year as a Mom Excruciating” in TIME
REVIEW: Review of BIANCA in RHINO Reviews by Lúcia Leão
REVIEW: Review of BIANCA in RHINO Reviews by Lúcia Leão
2022 Links:
EVENT: Reading + Conversation with Courtney Faye Taylor for CONCENTRATE @ Brooklyn Poets
EVENT: Reading + Conversation with Courtney Faye Taylor for CONCENTRATE @ Brooklyn Poets
POEM: “I Was Wrong About So Much” in The Atlantic
POEM: “I Was Wrong About So Much” in The Atlantic
WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Poets Workshop: "Get the Book Done: A Poetry Manuscript Revision Workshop"
WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Poets Workshop: "Get the Book Done: A Poetry Manuscript Revision Workshop"
POEM: “ One Year After My Dying Father and I Stop Speaking to Each Other Again” is Poem of the Week at Split This Rock
POEM: “ One Year After My Dying Father and I Stop Speaking to Each Other Again” is Poem of the Week at Split This Rock
POEM: "To the Self Who, Twelve Years Ago, Wrote a Letter to Me" in Poetry Northwest
POEM: "To the Self Who, Twelve Years Ago, Wrote a Letter to Me" in Poetry Northwest
POEM: "If I Say My Body Is Asian Does This Poem Disappear" in Guernica
POEM: "If I Say My Body Is Asian Does This Poem Disappear" in Guernica
INTERVIEW: Brooklyn Poets Poet of the Week Feature: Eugenia Leigh
INTERVIEW: Brooklyn Poets Poet of the Week Feature: Eugenia Leigh
POEM: “Glossolalia” in the American Academy of Poets’ Poem-a-Day, selected by Brenda Shaughnessy
POEM: “Glossolalia” in the American Academy of Poets’ Poem-a-Day, selected by Brenda Shaughnessy
POEM: 3 Poems in The Adroit Journal Issue #40: "PTSD with Secret Knock," "Bipolar II Disorder: First Evaluation," "PTSD with Rovelli's Theories of Time"
POEM: 3 Poems in The Adroit Journal Issue #40: "PTSD with Secret Knock," "Bipolar II Disorder: First Evaluation," "PTSD with Rovelli's Theories of Time"
POEM: "The First Leaf" in Spillway
POEM: "The First Leaf" in Spillway
2021 - 2020 Links:
Lantern Review Issue 9.3, "Reclamations" — Final "Asian American Futures" Issue
Lantern Review Issue 9.3, "Reclamations" — Final "Asian American Futures" Issue
EVENT: Feature Reading - Wednesday Night Poetry (December 1, 2021; click to watch the recording)
Facebook Video
EVENT: Feature Reading - Wednesday Night Poetry (December 1, 2021; click to watch the recording)
POEM: “Bipolar II Disorder: Third Evaluation (Ode to the Brain)” is Poetry Northwest’s Poem of the Week
POEM: “Bipolar II Disorder: Third Evaluation (Ode to the Brain)” is Poetry Northwest’s Poem of the Week
Support Alabaster International
Support Alabaster International
POEM: "Children of Lions" is The Yale Review's Poem of the Week
POEM: "Children of Lions" is The Yale Review's Poem of the Week
Lantern Review Issue 9.2, "Arrivals" — Asian American Futures Youth Folio
Lantern Review Issue 9.2, "Arrivals" — Asian American Futures Youth Folio
NEWS: Received The Bess Hokin Prize via Poetry Magazine
NEWS: Received The Bess Hokin Prize via Poetry Magazine
POEM: “Matrescence” in The Massachusetts Review
POEM: “Matrescence” in The Massachusetts Review
PODCAST: Poetry Magazine — Su Cho and Eugenia Leigh in Conversation
PODCAST: Poetry Magazine — Su Cho and Eugenia Leigh in Conversation
POEM: My Whole Life I Was Trained to Deny Myself in Poetry Magazine
POEM: My Whole Life I Was Trained to Deny Myself in Poetry Magazine
POEM: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Han (한 / 恨) in Poetry Magazine
POEM: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with Han (한 / 恨) in Poetry Magazine
POEM: "Bipolar II Disorder: Second Evaluation (Zuihitsu for Bianca) in Tahoma Literary Review (SoundCloud recording)
POEM: "Bipolar II Disorder: Second Evaluation (Zuihitsu for Bianca) in Tahoma Literary Review (SoundCloud recording)
Lantern Review Issue 9.1, "Horizons" — Asian American Futures
Lantern Review Issue 9.1, "Horizons" — Asian American Futures
POEM: “Undiagnosed” in Rattle (from Issue #71, “Tribute to Neurodiversity” folio)
POEM: “Undiagnosed” in Rattle (from Issue #71, “Tribute to Neurodiversity” folio)
EVENT: Standing Together Against Anti-Asian American Hate: A Brooklyn Public Library poetry reading with Tina Chang, Kimiko Hahn and Eugenia Leigh
EVENT: Standing Together Against Anti-Asian American Hate: A Brooklyn Public Library poetry reading with Tina Chang, Kimiko Hahn and Eugenia Leigh
Support The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
Support The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
POEM: "June Fourteenth" in Crab Creek Review (reposted from Fall 2020 issue)
POEM: "June Fourteenth" in Crab Creek Review (reposted from Fall 2020 issue)
"Cross-Ties: Eugenia Leigh" by Joan Kwon Glass @ West Trestle Review
"Cross-Ties: Eugenia Leigh" by Joan Kwon Glass @ West Trestle Review
VIDEO (READING/INTERVIEW): Eugenia Leigh - Rattlecast #89 (YouTube link)
VIDEO (READING/INTERVIEW): Eugenia Leigh - Rattlecast #89 (YouTube link)
EVENT: Women Warriors: A Solidarity Reading
EVENT: Women Warriors: A Solidarity Reading
Lantern Review Q&A: Guest Editor Eugenia Leigh
Lantern Review Q&A: Guest Editor Eugenia Leigh
Suicide... Read This First
Suicide... Read This First
POEM: "My Husband Tells Me About a Man Who Doesn't Kill Himself" in The Nation
POEM: "My Husband Tells Me About a Man Who Doesn't Kill Himself" in The Nation
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