Pittsburgh is home to an incredible range of authors, publishing professionals, literary event organizers and opinion leaders.
Our city nurtures well-known and emerging literary talent and is the inspiration for many works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In addition to the authors you may recognize, Littsburgh’s evolving literary roster features some of the passionate people who work behind the scenes to find local and national audiences for this work, and who help make Pittsburgh a haven for writers and readers.
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Sarah Leavens
Biography
Sarah Leavens’ poetry has appeared in The Diverse Arts Press, Weave, and So to Speak and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She was the 2012-2013 Out of the Forge Writer-in-Residence in Braddock, PA. Leavens holds an MFA in Poetry & Nonfiction from Chatham University, where she organized the Word Circus reading series in collaboration with Most Wanted Fine Art, and a BFA in Oil Painting from Wittenberg University. (Paintings and handmade books are currently on display at the East End Book Exchange.) With a background in public arts initiatives and outreach, Leavens is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches professional writing. She also teaches creative writing at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, including the July 2015 travel writing retreat in Ambialet, France.