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Book reviews: Emma Donoghue writes Anne Lister

By Kendra Leonard Posted on July 17, 2023 Posted in Book reviews

Inanna by Emily H. Wilson. 2/5 I understand what Wilson is trying to do here, to tell the story of Inanna and the gods and demi-gods of Mesopotamia, like Gilgamesh. But the characters mostly don’t have a lot of personality, …

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Poetry, aliens, and the new Jesmyn Ward novel

By Kendra Leonard Posted on July 13, 2023 Posted in Book reviews

Pink Moon by Roshan James. 1/5 The concept sounded interesting but the poetry just isn’t good. It’s a trite and formulaic and boring. Just a Fika by Beck Erixson. 1/5 So, you’ve got a ghost grandma who’s intent on fixing …

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Where am I? July-August 2023

By Kendra Leonard Posted on June 28, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

Where am I? I’m back home in Houston, and I have a lot going on! I’d love to see faces old and new at these events. July 11 I’ll be on a panel sponsored by the Dramatist’s Guild called “Operatunity! …

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Librettists in Conversation

By Kendra Leonard Posted on June 26, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

On July 11 at 7 pm Central time, I’ll be talking with hosts Cerise Jacobs and Amy Punt and fellow librettists Sokunthary Svay, Omar Najmi, and Brandy Carie on a Dramatists’ Guild panel called Librettists in Conversation: Building a Career …

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Interview with Music Journalism Insider

By Kendra Leonard Posted on June 20, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

Todd L. Burns of Music Journalism Insider interviewed me for his newsletter. We talked about my origins as a cellist, how I became a lyricist and librettist, my current scholarly research, and more. Sign up for his newsletter, which is …

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Sense of Self libretto for NMG2023

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

Sense of Self and Opera Elect at New Music Gathering 2023

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

Opera Elect has been chosen to perform Sense of Self, one of my operas with composer Lisa Neher, at New Music Gathering 2023! Joining Portland pianist Stephanie Thompson, Jordan Bowman and Madelein Bowman of Opera Elect will reprise their roles …

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Women & nonbinary composers in the US in the 2023-24 orchestra season

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

The good folks at Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy have run the numbers regarding repertoire by women and nonbinary composers and conductors for several major orchestras’ 2023-24 season, and the results are pretty abysmal. Report author Sarah Baer writes, “After years of …

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SFF, poetry, puppets

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

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.

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