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SFF, poetry, puppets

By Kendra Leonard Posted on June 1, 2023 Posted in Book reviews 2 Comments

Bread and Circus by Airea D. Matthews. 3/5 There is some truly excellent poetry in this volume, poetry that is personal and moving and expressive. There’s a lot of erasure poetry using texts related to capitalism and finance and regulation …

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Gilgamesh Weeps performed by the Madison Youth Choirs

By Kendra Leonard Posted on May 15, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

The Madison Youth Choir performed Lisa Neher’s and my “Gilgamesh Weeps” for low voices yesterday. You can watch their excellent performance here, and find the music here.

Reparations in Music Scholarship

By Kendra Leonard Posted on May 11, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

Last year….or maybe it was the year before…I was asked to contribute to a special issue of American Music on the future of American music scholarship. At the time, I was working on my Julia Perry chapter for Expanding the …

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Lilith, memoir, annoying children

By Kendra Leonard Posted on May 5, 2023 Posted in Book reviews

You or Someone You Love by Hannah Matthews. 5/5 A beautifully written and compassionate chronicle of abortion care in America–who gets abortions, who doesn’t or isn’t allowed to, who the caregivers are, what their own abortion stories are. As an …

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Writespace Workshop: writing about and with music

By Kendra Leonard Posted on May 2, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

On May 13, I’ll be leading a gentle, all-generative workshop on writing about and with music. Full details below. Register here! TIME: Saturday, May 13, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST/CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The …

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The Making of a Modern Medusa Myth

By Kendra Leonard Posted on April 25, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

Protectress and I are in Kirkus again! McKenzi Thi Murphy interviewed me for this profile.

“Past the Moon” interview

By Kendra Leonard Posted on April 17, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

Listen to Michael Carney, music director of Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble, talk with WCLV’s John Mills about the ensemble’s upcoming program Lost in the Stars and my piece with composer Jean Root, “Past the Moon”! I heard a recording …

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Horror, folklore, trans lit

By Kendra Leonard Posted on April 3, 2023 Posted in Book reviews

Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic by g. haron davis. 3/5 A much-needed anthology of 14 stories about magic trans and nb teens–teens who find their magic, are exiled for their magic, use their magic for good, use their …

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Jessica Lights the Candles

By Kendra Leonard Posted on March 21, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

My poem “Jessica Lights the Candles,” written while I was doing scholarly research on The Merchant of Venice and informed by the play, is now available to read here in Empyrean Magazine online. You can also find my poem “Revolution …

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Virgil Thomson Fellowship

By Kendra Leonard Posted on March 12, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

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 …

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