Leah Umansky

Author of the poetry collection: DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES.

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"Umansky on tour" @ Coldfront Magazine

Umansky poetry “tour dates”. Umansky goes northwest. ..

5 days ago

A new review if DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES is live at The Brooklyn Rail.

1 week ago

My interview with Ben Greenman at the Open Bar on the Tin house blog for his new novel: THE SLIPPAGE

1 week ago

TNBBC's The Next Best Book Blog: Where Writers Write: Leah Umansky

Check out my “Where Writers Write” on TNBBB

3 weeks ago

HER KIND -- THE EXQUISITE ONES

Check out #18

3 weeks ago
thebookreportreadingseries:

“Another one of society’s lessons told girls how to act. How to speak when spoken to, listen and obey, to sit and look pretty and, to never, ever lose their temper.” - Leah Umansky telling it like it is in her 10th grade book report on Anne of Green Gables
Hear Leah read poetry tonight at Bluestockings in NYC!

thebookreportreadingseries:

“Another one of society’s lessons told girls how to act. How to speak when spoken to, listen and obey, to sit and look pretty and, to never, ever lose their temper.” - Leah Umansky telling it like it is in her 10th grade book report on Anne of Green Gables


Hear Leah read poetry tonight at Bluestockings in NYC!

Reading at the Multifarious Array at Pete’s Candy Store 4/26/13

Reading at the Multifarious Array at Pete’s Candy Store 4/26/13

I'm reading at Dorothea Lasky's Multifarious Array this Friday at Pete's Candy Store in BK. Come on down!

1 month ago

My Book Notes for DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES on Largehearted Boy!

A music playlist to accompany my debut collection of poems, DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES. (You can listen on spotify)

1 month ago - 2

Books Matter: A Response to the World as We Know It

booksmatter:

Did you know that last night,
someone either:

a) was trying to break into the apartment
across the hall
or

b) lost their keys in the subway
and paid a large sum for a 24-hr locksmith

I don’t know which is true, but
I was so comfortable in sleep, I treated it
like a bad dream &…

Thanks for re-posting my poem out now in THE MACKINAC!!

(Source: themackinacmagazine.com)

1 month ago - 7

Poetry on the Red Carpet - Tune In @bestampo - The Best American Poetry

1 month ago

I'm reading at Guerrilla Lit on April 24th

The facebook invite for the Guerrilla Lit Reading Series, April 24th event is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/521882477850528/?fref=ts

1 month ago

Check out Electric Lit’s blog, THE OUTLET posting on the #bookdress

http://electricliterature.com/blog/2013/04/10/i-wore-poetry-in-the-shape-of-a-girl/

New Review of DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES up at [PANK] Blog

Anne Champion reviews DOMESTIC UNCERTAINTIES at [PANK] Blog. Check it out.

1 month ago - 1
I’ve always wanted to read in the Bryant Park “Word for Word Poetry.”
 

I’ve always wanted to read in the Bryant Park “Word for Word Poetry.