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Leigh Sugar (she/her)
@leighsugar.bsky.social
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Poet, Elmo's mom, disabled artist, former dancer.
www.leighksugar.com
Debut collection: FREELAND (Alice James Books, 2025)
Editor: That's a Pretty Thing to Call It (New Village Press, 2023)
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leighsugar.bsky.social
Mic check. This thing on?

Hi. I'm beyond honored and freaking out to be part of this lineup🥹 #AWP
awpwriter.org AWP @awpwriter.org · Oct 9
Add this amazing #AWP26 featured event to your schedule in Baltimore: “Rewriting the Archive: Poetic Voices on Who Defines History, Sponsored by @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social” featuring Natalie Diaz, Kondwani Fidel, Tyehimba Jess, Iain Haley Pollock, and @leighsugar.bsky.social, on Friday, March 6!
Rewriting the Archive: Poetic Voices on Who Defines History, Sponsored by Alice James Books
conference.awpwriter.org
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
leighsugar.bsky.social
My book (even amidst -not despite-the now world). All thanks to @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social and @babedylan.bsky.social
alicejamesbooks.bsky.social Alice James Books @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social · Mar 5
We're excited to share the cover art for @leighsugar.bsky.social's forthcoming collection, FREELAND 🙌This book will be available everywhere on June 10, 2025, and is up for preorder right now at buff.ly/Q0x40GS❣️

Visit our Instagram for a little preview read by the author: https://buff.ly/lk0Hwqm
March 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
leighsugar.bsky.social
Very sexy parsnip alert
Leigh, a white woman with a blue top, holds a parsnip. The parsnip is connected at the top and split into two, like the bottom half of a woman's body. One "leg" of the parsnip is slightly bent, as if posing
February 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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commonplacepod.bsky.social
Episode 132: The Hiatus Explained

Listen here as Rachel and @sakeriver.com discuss the difficult decision to put Commonplace on Hiatus.

We thank you for all your love and understanding.

Listen on Apple Podcasts or wherever you prefer🩵
Episode 132: The Hiatus Explained. ID: Rachel smiles softly at the camera, her chin and her hand, headphones over her ears. Her hair is shoulder length, and she wears large cat eyeglasses and a black top. The photo is a screenshot of her image on a zoom meeting. The photo is overlaid on a Navy background with white text. The logo for the podcast. Hey, It's Me, is in the top right corner, and the Commonplace logo in the bottom left.
February 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
leighsugar.bsky.social
@electriclit.bsky.social @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social @babedylan.bsky.social 🤯 THANK YOU?!?!
THE MOST ANTICIPATED DEBUT POETRY COLLECTIONS OF 2025 by SKYLER MIKLUS Freeland by Leigh Sugar: this astonishing collection tracks the imprompable connection between the speaker and her incarcerated beloved. Leigh Sugar's close narration seizes your attention, daring you to look away from the tenderness and brutality of the world. Freeland raises urgent questions about prison abolition, mental health care, race, and selfhood.
February 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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samthielman.com
posting uncensored photos of custard to my OnlyFlans
January 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
leighsugar.bsky.social
proposed bills are NOT enforceable by law. Not to suggest we let our guard down, but a reminder for folks who find it helpful for these next several years, and actually forever and always: it will be a tool for us to understand when there is space to respond versus react
January 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
Trump's promised executive order against "gender ideology" is ugly and dangerous, and also, like everything with Trump, contains few specifics and is meant to terrify people into self-repression. Here's my attempt to refocus on the fight ahead:
Trump’s Assault on Trans Rights Has Begun. Here’s What to Watch For.
An early executive order shows the White House wants to get into the business of defining sex and gender. That could play out in a few ways.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
leighsugar.bsky.social
Just tried to add a video to a new collection on TT and named the collection "fascism." Got this pop up.b A little on the nose for me, but I'm no master comedian
Pop up from The tiktok app: user tries to name a new collection "fascism", and received a notice in red letters with a caution sign triangle stating " Inappropriate name. Try again."
January 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
leighsugar.bsky.social
Twitter always scared me.
I was a fearful child.
What do I need to know?
I remain a fearful child.
This is my dog with an imposter:
The small brown and white dog with long ears and black nose and eyes looks directly at the camera. Behind is a life-size stuffed replica of her.
January 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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commonplacepod.bsky.social
Hey! Want an amazing FREE copy of Hafizah Augustus Geter's The Black Period?

The first two people to sign up for our next Reading with Rachel workshop on February 27th will get free copies of the book!

Sign up at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ID: bright blue outline borders a cream square. Text is brown and blue inside the cream square. There is a photo of the cover of The Black Period: a watercolor style portrait of a black woman with her arms upturned by her sides. In the background are watercolor like yellows, blues, purples, and pinks. There are people on either side of the woman, facing towards her. ALT TEXT: GIVEAWAY: TWO FREE COPIES THE BLACK PERIOD BY HAFIZAH AUGUSTUS GETER NEXT TWO PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR FEBRUARY 27TH READING WITH RACHEL WORKSHOP GET A FREE COPY OF THE BLACK PERIOD! LINK IN BIO Alt text on book cover: THE BLACK PERIOD ON PERSON GOOD, RACE, AND ORIGIN HAFIZAH AUGUSTUS GETER
February 7, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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commonplacepod.bsky.social
Hey CP patrons and patrons to be!

Sometimes memberships and accounts get canceled at the turn of the new year. Please double check your account if you would like to remain an active patron! And consider joining if you are not yet a patron :-)
www.patreon.com/commonplacep...
ID: black text on white background with light blue watercolor splotch in center. ALT TEXT: New year, new opportunity to support Commonplace! Patreon is our bread and butter. It's how we pay our employees. If you are an existing patron - thank you! We encourage you to check your account to ensure it is still active. Sometimes goofy things happen at the start of a new calendar year. If you are not yet a patron dash please consider joining! Link in linktree :-)
January 3, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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commonplacepod.bsky.social
Special 2-Part Episode - FRED MOTEN & RONALDO V. WILSON now available!

Happy New Year and Happy Listening <3
ID: blue and white text atop a marbled blue background with graphic blue and beige lines. In the middle, a photo of Fred Moten on the left and Ronaldo Wilson on the right. Fred is a Black man with black glasses and a gray short cropped beard, wearing a gray sweatshirt and khaki shorts. Ronaldo is a black man with a clean shaven head and beard, wearing a long sleeve black shirt, dark blue jeans, and white sneakers. They both smile brightly at the camera. Alt Text: Episode 120 Fred moten and Ronaldo Wilson Stay tuned for part two!! Commonplace podcast
December 29, 2023 at 8:13 PM
leighsugar.bsky.social
Just finished my second Master's degree.

I think 2 Master's should = a PhD in ADHD, at the very least.

Thoughts?
December 11, 2023 at 1:07 AM
leighsugar.bsky.social
That's my arm next to a zucchini. My arm is admittedly small but it's still a big zucchini.

Hi. Happy to be here. Send me all the poetry, puppies, disability wisdom, prison news, and petty gossip.
December 9, 2023 at 7:45 PM