I’m delighted and honored to be awarded the 2023 Virgil Thomson Fellowship by the Society for American Music for “Analyzing Rosa Rio’s Accompaniments for Silent Film,” which is a part of my larger book project titled Race and Gender in …
Writing About and With Music: An All-Genre Generative Workshop After reading a few poems about music, we’ll spend time listening to several different works and writing as we listen. INSTRUCTOR: Kendra Preston Leonard, Ph.D. TIME: Saturday, March 4, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 …
March 4: Learn to write about music in your creative writing! Read more »
I’m honored to have my poem “Driving Away From the Mountains” included in Mother of the Earth, a poetry anthology published by Woman Scream, an initiative of UN Women: Generation Equality, which works “in 12 critical areas of concern: poverty, …
I’m teaching two workshops for Writespace Houston in March on Zoom. Come join me! Writing About and With Music Saturday, March 4, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. CST on Zoom Ekphrasis (eck-FRAY-ses) is writing about a piece of art as a literary …
Kirkus is featuring Protectress in its Jan 1, 2023 issue! (On the same page as Stephen King!) Order your copy here.
I’m delighted to have three poems–“She Calls It a Fairy Tree,” “Replenish,” and “Ghost Jam”–in Woodlands, a new poetry anthology featuring poems from 49 writers on forests, the woods, the mysteries of nature, and myth, edited by the superb d. …
I was looking over some documents and PR things for some upcoming events and realized that the Preston in my name was missing from some of them. This happens all the time and I guess I get it–I do use …
My January is off to a fast start. Here’s where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing. First, I’m headed to Chattanooga, TN for the premieres of Waters Rising, my new opera with composer Tim Hinck, commissioned by Arts Capacity. Created …
For the winter solstice, one of the greatest pieces of Arthurian poetry ever written: “Winter Solstice, Camelot Station,” by John M. Ford.
I’m teaching two Writespace Houston workshops in January. These are both on Zoom, so anyone anywhere with an internet connection can participate. Writespace also offers scholarships; apply here! All levels of writers, from beginners to long-time writers, are welcome at …