Leah Umansky is the author of three books of poetry, most recently OF TYRANT, forthcoming with The Word Works in 2024. She earned her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and has been the host & curator of the COUPLET Reading Series in NYC since 2010. Her writing has been widely published in such places as The New York Times, American Poetry Review among others. Her Game of Thrones inspired poems have been translated into Norwegian and Bengali. She has been an English teacher for over fifteen years and teaches poetry workshops to students of all ages.

Website: http:/leahumansky.com

Twitter Username: @lady_bronte

Publications

• The Barbarous Century (April 1, 2018)
• Don Dreams and I Dream (a Mad Men Inspired Poetry Chapbook) , Kattywompus Press (February 18, 2014)
• Domestic Uncertainties ( A full-length poetry collection) , Blazevox (January 1, 2013)
• Straight Away the Emptied World , Kattywompus Press (March 17, 2016)
• OF TYRANT (Forthcoming 2024) , The Word Works (January )

Employment

• English Teacher - Middle and High School (2006 - 2017)
• Visible Ink - Writing Mentor- (Volunteer) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer center (Visible Ink) (2012 - 2017)

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing- Poetry from SUNY Binghamton (May 2002)
• Master of Arts in poetry from sarah lawrence college (May 2004)
• Master of Arts in Secondary Education -English from Hunter College (May 2006)

Genres of Interest

Creative nonfiction, Poetry