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Where am I? January 2023 edition

By Kendra Leonard Posted on January 3, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized

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 …

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A Solstice Reading

By Kendra Leonard Posted on December 21, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

For the winter solstice, one of the greatest pieces of Arthurian poetry ever written: “Winter Solstice, Camelot Station,” by John M. Ford.

Best books of 2022

By Kendra Leonard Posted on December 8, 2022 Posted in Book reviews

5/5, in no particular order Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer The Essential Peter S. Beagle, Volume 1: Lila …

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January 2023 writing workshops

By Kendra Leonard Posted on December 1, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

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 …

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A wonderful gothic novel and a gritty girl on Mars

By Kendra Leonard Posted on November 29, 2022 Posted in Book reviews

White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link. 4/5 I liked a lot of these tales, some of which I’ve encountered before, and was honestly kind of bored by others. I enjoyed The White Cat’s Divorce–which I also read as an …

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Sense of Self is on YouTube!

By Kendra Leonard Posted on November 27, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

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 …

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Protectress review in Kirkus

By Kendra Leonard Posted on November 21, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

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. …

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Now on Mastodon

By Kendra Leonard Posted on November 18, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

You can find me at @kendraleonard@hcommons.social!

Book reviews: Peter S. Beagle, Indigenous fantasy, and horror

By Kendra Leonard Posted on November 9, 2022 Posted in Book reviews

The Essential Peter S. Beagle, Volume 1: Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories by Peter S. Beagle. 5/5 Jane Yolen’s utterly craven and insensitive Foreword is a disservice to Beagle’s works. Her use of the Uvalde, TX, massacre is despicable …

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Towards an Open Access Archive of Music by Julia Perry

By Kendra Leonard Posted on November 4, 2022 Posted in Uncategorized

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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