Ars Poetica: Self Portrait 

Leah Umansky is a writer, educator, writing coach, artist and the author of the forthcoming memoir, Delicate Machine (Dzanc Books, 2027), and five books of poetry, most recently Of Tyrant (Word Works Books, 2024.) She earned her MFA in Poetry at Sarah Lawrence College and has curated and hosted The COUPLET Reading Series in NYC since 2011. She is the creator of the STAY BRAVE Substack which encourages women-identifying creatives to inspire other women-identifying creatives to stay brave in their creative pursuits. Her creative work has been featured on PBS and The Slowdown Podcast, and in such places as The New York Times, The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A Day, POETRY, and Bennington Review. More at www.leahumansky.com