LEIGH STEIN

Author of a novel, a book of poems, and a memoir called LAND OF ENCHANTMENT, forthcoming from Blue Rider Press in 2016. Bio / Books / Press / Events / Writing

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roxanegay : > 1. Read diversely.  >  > 2. Write.  >  > 3. See items 1 and 2.  >  > 4. Accept that there is no one way to make it as a writer and that > the de...

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Thanks! All the poems from that chapbook are in my full-length collection Dispatch from the Future, which you can order from Amazon or your local indie bookstore

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I’M ZEN WITH BEN I can’t I can’t handle this right now I can’t handle this right now I don’t want to be on camera why can’t I just have a moment I’ve never felt more sure we ...

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leighstein : > Let’s be realistic. We are never coming back. C. D. Wright, January 6, 1949–January 12, 2016

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IF I COULD LIVE IN THIS MOMENT FOREVER, I WOULD  If you had a list, he checks off every single list That wasn’t me: let’s start over. I get to redeem myself real quick. If I could make ou...

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slaughterhouse90210 : > “But as for me, if all the features that I had assimilated from > him had once seemed to me lovable, how, now that they no longer > seemed ...

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I did kiss a lot of girls, but I’ve came close to the woman I’m going to spend the rest of my life with. I dress like this every day. I embrace the weird. I don’t know if I’ve dated...

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“ ULTIMATE BACHELOR RECAP IN THE POST-CONFESSIONAL MODE It isn’t hard to write a love poem if you have a TV, a bottle of Pinot Grigio, and a killer instinct for where to break the line: ...

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astrophilosophy : > “I like people too much or not at all”  >  > Sylvia Plath  >  > Scorpio Sun - Libra Moon Happy bday Sylvia

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I’ve been working on a top secret project for months. I can’t tell you what it is yet. But soon.

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ruthcurry : > Recently I was #blessed to receive an advance copy of So Sad Today > , which I read very quickly and > enjoyed thoroughly (as much as one can ‘enjoy�...

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If you want a cat’s opinion on your memoir structure, this is the best approach.

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“4. Not everyone will love your work. Not everyone will like your work. Some people will hate your work. Don’t put energy into pursuing the fantasy of universal adoration. It has nothing to d...

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poemswhileyouwait : > “One Is a Whole Number” by Daniela Olszewska–Dose Market, > 6.14.15 >  > Poem Topic: “Being Happy Being Alone”

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thehustleseries : > Get ready! Our third Hustle reading is happening July 19th with the > incredible Angela Flournoy, Leigh Stein + Jenn Baker!   >  > WORD Brooklyn (1...

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“While Hardman was in full military regalia during a Civil War Days festival in Bucks County, Pa., nature called. In the public facilities “a woman came in and saw me washing my hands at the ...

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jeffreyyamaguchi : > This is a long day >  Not mine, but uniquely mine >  Once a year, endless Follow this guy.

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Sink Review » THE KNOWN QUANTITY OF FUTURE LOSS : You’ll find yourself Combing the sheets for my golden Hair, I don’t leave Easily but there’s room For everyone  To ...

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