Eugenia Leigh's guest appearances

Eugenia Leigh

The Poetry Magazine Podcast

Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

The Lit Fantastic Podcast

Rattlecast

Poem-a-Day

Danusha Laméris

Naomi Shihab Nye

Luther Hughes

Randall Horton

Marissa Davis

Ishmael Reed

Lynn Xu

Margaret Noodin

Sy Hoahwah

Rosebud Ben-Oni

beyza ozer

Safia Elhillo

Nikki Grimes

A.E. Stallings

José Olivarez

OwlTail

Recorded by Eugenia Leigh for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 17, 2022. www.poets.org

Recorded by Eugenia Leigh for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 17, 2022. <a href="https://www.poets.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poets.org</a>

Eugenia Leigh: "Glossolalia"

Su Cho

This week, Su Cho had the honor of speaking with Eugenia Leigh. Cho says reading Leigh’s work changed her: “I was a shy poet, and reading her work emboldened me to say what I needed to say.” They talk about Leigh’s research into attachment theory, the authentic self, healing, hindsight, and how we can accept our past selves. Note: This episode mentions child abuse.  Eugenia Leigh reads “My Whole Life I Was Trained to Deny Myself” from the September issue of Poetry. 

This week, Su Cho had the honor of speaking with Eugenia Leigh. Cho says reading Leigh’s work changed her: “I was a shy poet, and reading her work emboldened me to say what I needed to say.” They talk about Leigh’s research into attachment theory, the authentic self, healing, hindsight, and how we can accept our past selves. Note: This episode mentions child abuse. Eugenia Leigh reads “My Whole Life I Was Trained to Deny Myself” from the September issue of Poetry.

Su Cho and Eugenia Leigh in Conversation

Rattlecast #89 features 2013 Neil Postman Award winner Eugenia Leigh and her book Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows. Eugenia Leigh's Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014), was winner of the Late Night Library's 2015 Debut-litzer Prize in Poetry as well as a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Rumpus, Ploughshares, Waxwing, Pleiades, North American Review, the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, the Best New Poets 2010 anthology, and the 2017 Best of the Net anthology. Eugenia received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was awarded the Thomas Lux Scholarship for her dedication to teaching, demonstrated through her writing workshops with incarcerated youths and with Brooklyn high school students. Since her time at Sarah Lawrence, Eugenia has served as a teaching artist with a variety of organizations including the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund's undocumented youth group, RAISE.For more info, visit: https://www.eugenialeigh.com/As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. For details on how to participate, either via Skype or by phone, go to: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/This Week's Prompt:Write a poem that begins with the following sentence: Pull over at the next stop.Next Week's Prompt:Write a poem that starts and ends with the same line.The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Periscope, then becomes an audio podcast.

Rattlecast #89 features 2013 Neil Postman Award winner Eugenia Leigh and her book Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows. Eugenia Leigh's Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books, 2014), was winner of the Late Night Library's 2015 Debut-litzer Prize in Poetry as well as a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Rumpus, Ploughshares, Waxwing, Pleiades, North American Review, the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, the Best New Poets 2010 anthology, and the 2017 Best of the Net anthology. Eugenia received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was awarded the Thomas Lux Scholarship for her dedication to teaching, demonstrated through her writing workshops with incarcerated youths and with Brooklyn high school students. Since her time at Sarah Lawrence, Eugenia has served as a teaching artist with a variety of organizations including the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund's undocumented youth group, RAISE. For more info, visit: <a href="https://www.eugenialeigh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eugenialeigh.com/</a> As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. For details on how to participate, either via Skype or by phone, go to: <a href="https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/</a> This Week's Prompt: Write a poem that begins with the following sentence: Pull over at the next stop. Next Week's Prompt: Write a poem that starts and ends with the same line. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Periscope, then becomes an audio podcast.

ep. 89 - Eugenia Leigh

Poet Eugenia Leigh discusses her obsession with worldbuilding, whether in poetry, literary fiction, or fantasy realms. We geek out over JRR Tolkien's own obsession with language and the creation of founding myths, the intersection between faith and fantasy, and what exactly "selah" means.  Check us out at www.thelitfantastic.com.---Eugenia Leigh is the author of Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books), the winner of the 2015 Debut-litzer Prize in Poetry. as well as a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including Indiana Review, The Collagist, North American Review, and the Best New Poets 2010 anthology. Eugenia received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was awarded the Thomas Lux Scholarship for her dedication to teaching, demonstrated through her writing workshops with incarcerated youths and with Brooklyn High School students. The recipient of fellowships and awards from Poets &amp; Writers Magazine, Kundiman, The Frost Place, Rattle, and the Asian American Literary Review, Eugenia lives and writes in Brooklyn, NY.http://www.eugenialeigh.com---Music used in this episode under the Creative Commons License:Intro: "Conviction" by Little Glass Menhttp://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/The_Age_of_Insignificance/ConvictionBackground: "De l'herbe sous les pieds" by Komikuhttp://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure_/Komiku_-_Its_time_for_adventure_-_09_De_lherbe_sous_les_pieds

Poet Eugenia Leigh discusses her obsession with worldbuilding, whether in poetry, literary fiction, or fantasy realms. We geek out over JRR Tolkien's own obsession with language and the creation of founding myths, the intersection between faith and fantasy, and what exactly "selah" means. Check us out at <a href="http://www.thelitfantastic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thelitfantastic.com</a>. --- Eugenia Leigh is the author of Blood, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books), the winner of the 2015 Debut-litzer Prize in Poetry. as well as a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including Indiana Review, The Collagist, North American Review, and the Best New Poets 2010 anthology. Eugenia received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was awarded the Thomas Lux Scholarship for her dedication to teaching, demonstrated through her writing workshops with incarcerated youths and with Brooklyn High School students. The recipient of fellowships and awards from Poets &amp; Writers Magazine, Kundiman, The Frost Place, Rattle, and the Asian American Literary Review, Eugenia lives and writes in Brooklyn, NY. <a href="http://www.eugenialeigh.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.eugenialeigh.com</a> --- Music used in this episode under the Creative Commons License: Intro: "Conviction" by Little Glass Men <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/The_Age_of_Insignificance/Conviction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/The_Age_of_Insignificance/Conviction</a> Background: "De l'herbe sous les pieds" by Komiku <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure_/Komiku_-_Its_time_for_adventure_-_09_De_lherbe_sous_les_pieds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure_/Komiku_-_Its_time_for_adventure_-_09_De_lherbe_sous_les_pieds</a>