Lenore Weiss
Creative Writing Teacher
Biography
Lenore’s poetry collections form a trilogy about love, loss, and being mortal: Cutting Down the Last Tree on Easter Island (West End Press, 2012); Two Places (Kelsay Books, 2014), and The Golem (Hakodesh Word Press, 2017). Her most recent poetry chapbook is From Malls to Museums (Ethelzine, 2020). Alexandria Quarterly Press published her prize-winning flash fiction chapbook, Holding on to the Fringes of Love. She is a reader for the Mud Season Review and lives in Oakland, California with Zebra the Brave and Granola the Shy. Lenore earned an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University.
Published Works
Poetry (full-lengths)
The Golem (Hadassa Word Press, 2017)
Two Places (Kelsay Books, 2014)
Cutting Down the Last Tree on Easter Island (West End Press, 2012)
Poetry (chapbooks)
From Malls to Museums (Ethelzine, 2020)
Holding on to the Fringes of Love (Alexandria Quarterly Press, 2018)
Tap Dancing on the Silverado Trail (Finishing Line Press, 2011)
Sh’ma Yis’rael (Pudding House Publications, 2007)
Links to Sample Works
- Book of Matches, “Darkness Simmers Beneath My Surface”
- The Crone’s Words, “Ode to Leona Canyon“
- History’s Eye is Bloodshot (About Place Journal) October 2020
- ArtLiJo, “Sant Feliu de Guíxols; Birds, There’s a Woman”, and “If Mopeds Sprout Vines and Grow a Green Bean Forest”
