Leslie Sainz
Leslie Sainz | |
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| Born | 1992 (age 33–34) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable work | Have You Been Long Enough at Table |
| Notable awards | Audre Lorde Award |
Leslie Sainz is an American poet and editor. Her debut poetry collection, Have You Been Long Enough at Table, won the 2024 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry.[1][2] In 2021, she was a NEA creative writing fellow and became the managing editor of New England Review.[3][4]
Life and career
Sainz was born in Miami, Florida, in 1992.[3][4][5] She received a B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[4]
She became managing editor of New England Review in 2021 and edits the magazine's Staging Style craft series.[4] She has previously worked as an editor for Carnegie Mellon University Press, Bull City Press, and West Branch.[4]
Her poems have appeared in the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, The Yale Review, Kenyon Review, and other publications.[4][6]
Have You Been Long Enough at Table
Her debut poetry collection, Have You Been Long Enough at Table, was published by Tin House in 2023.[1] Reviews of the collection discussed its treatment of Cuban American history, family, displacement, exile, and violence.[7][8][9] The book was a finalist for the Poetry Society of America's 2024 Norma Farber First Book Award and the 2024 New England Book Award in Poetry.[10][11]
Awards and honors
- 2021: National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship[3]
- 2024: Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, for Have You Been Long Enough at Table[2]
- 2024: Poetry Society of America Norma Farber First Book Award finalist, for Have You Been Long Enough at Table[10]
- 2024: New England Book Award in Poetry finalist, for Have You Been Long Enough at Table[11]
Works
References
- 1 2 3 "Have You Been Long Enough at Table by Leslie Sainz". Zando. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- 1 2 "2024 Publishing Triangle Awards Winners Announced". The Publishing Triangle. April 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Leslie Sainz". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Leslie Sainz". New England Review. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Have You Been Long Enough at Table". Hennepin County Library. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- ↑ "About Leslie Sainz". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- ↑ "Have You Been Long Enough at Table". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- ↑ Collins, Emily (October 8, 2023). "Of Exile and Determination: On Leslie Sainz's Have You Been Long Enough at Table". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- ↑ Acevedo, Joanna (September 5, 2023). "A Review of Leslie Sainz's Have You Been Long Enough at Table". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- 1 2 "Norma Farber First Book Award". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- 1 2 "New England Book Awards". New England Independent Booksellers Association. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- ↑ Albanese, Andrew (April 18, 2024). "Helen Elaine Lee, Joseph Plaster Among 2024 Publishing Triangle Award Winners". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved May 5, 2026.
- 1992 births
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American women poets
- Lesbian poets
- American lesbian writers
- American literary editors
- American writers of Cuban descent
- Carnegie Mellon University alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellows
- Writers from Miami
- Living people