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 …
Sense of Self, my opera with composer Lisa Neher, is now free to watch here on YouTube. This video premiere was created by Opera Elect, a wonderful small company that did a stellar job bringing this work to life during …
Protectress just got reviewed by Kirkus! Here’s what they had to say: In this ingenious novella-length prose poem by Leonard, Medusa finds herself at the epicenter of a modern-day feminist power struggle. “Medusa was raped. / Medusa was not raped. …
You can find me at @kendraleonard@hcommons.social!
I gave a talk on creating the Julia Perry Working Group, called “Towards an Open Access Archive of Music by Julia Perry,” at the Texas Music Library Association meeting today. You can watch it here. The captions take a few …
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UPDATE: rescheduled for January 28, 2023! New link to come. Looking for a one-day poetry class with lots of time for actually writing? Sign up for my WritespaceHouston workshop Writing Short: Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand! This generative …
This November and December, I’ll be teaching a weekly class for Writespace Houston on creating a chapbook! Chapbooks are short collections of poems, often focused around a theme. You can be new to writing poetry or an experienced writer–all are …
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My poem “Canine Eclogue” is now up at Texas Poetry Assignments! This is part of a series of poems I’m working on in dialogue–however slight–with Virgil’s Eclogues: Texas Poetry Assignments works to help end hunger in Texas through Feeding …
In 2020, I saw a call from the International Double Reed Society for new works for oboe and bassoon. A former bassoonist, I thought it would be nice to help create a work for oboe and bassoon and voice. I …
My poem “Winter Term,” about teaching at Westminster Choir College, is up now at Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)!