Leah Naomi Green (born June 14, 1983) is an American poet. She is the author of ''The More Extravagant Feast'', winner of the Walt Whitman award of the Academy of American Poets in 2019. She is Visiting Assistant Professor of

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Biography

Leah Naomi Green grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. She graduated from Earlham College in 2005 with a BA in

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. In 2009 she earned an MFA in Poetry Writing from the

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. Green's

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, ''The Ones We Have'', was published by Flying Trout Press in 2012, and was awarded the  2012 Flying Trout Chapbook  prize. Green's first poetry collection, ''The More Extravagant Feast'', will be published by

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in 2020. The book won the 2019

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poetry award, given annually by the Academy of American Poets to an American poet who has not yet published a book. The 2019 winner was selected by poet,

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. She currently teaches English and

Selected publications

* ''The Ones We Have'', (Flying Trout Press, 2012) * * * ''The More Extravagant Feast', (

, 2020)

Awards

* Flying Trout Press Award, ''The Ones We Have'', chapbook, (2012) *Katharine Bakeless Nason Award, (2017) *

, ''The More Extravagant Feast'', poetry collection, (2019)

References

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