WordShed NYC

Originally from Moscow, is a poet & writer based in New York. An Adjunct Assistant Professor at The City College of New York & John Jay College, Leah is also the founder & director of WordShedNYC Reading Series & has collaborated on various poetry/visual/dance projects with independent artists, experimenting with cross genres, multimedia & poetry. She is currently crafting her debut poetry collection, working on an art project "Notes from Daughters" & a one woman show.  She's performed at LaMama, Bowery Poetry, The Red Stage organized by Creative Time, The NYC Poetry Festival, The Higher Ground Arts Festival, & was selected as a Public Humanities/Arts Graduate Fellow for the Zip Code Memory Project supported by Columbia, CCNY, NYU, Yale & the Social Science & Humanities Research Council. She is a mentor with Girls Write Now, a nationally award winning leader in arts education writing & mentoring organization. Her writing delves into themes of identity, language, immigration, intergenerational trauma, sexuality & culture.