Leila Wilson is the author of The Hundred Grasses. Her poems have appeared in Poetry, A Public Space, American Letters & Commentary, Denver Quarterly, Canary, and elsewhere. She received an MFA from Indiana University and her MA from the University of Chicago, where she served as an editor at Chicago Review. She teaches creative writing and literature at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Books by Leila Wilson
These are poems rooted in the flatlands and lowlands: the Midwestern lawns, fields, lakes, and creeks of the author’s childhood, and the farms, canals, and seascapes near her family home’s in Holland. And from these seemingly empty spaces—and the absences found there—this collection morphs into an unforgettable investigation of longing and loss, love and doubt.
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