Author Leigh Stein

11/08/2021 39 min
Author Leigh Stein

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Leigh Stein is a writer interested in what the internet is doing to our identities, relationships, and politics - and also a marketing genius! Her critically acclaimed novel Self Care was released in June 2020. Leigh is the author of 3 other acclaimed books. Her non-fiction writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker online, and many more publications. Leigh was also the co-founder and executive director of Out of the Binders/BinderCon, a feminist literary nonprofit organization. Her fifth book, What to Miss When, is a collection of poetry written during the Coronavirus pandemic, coming out today august 10th. It's self-described as "Poetry for people who hate poetry". The poems make mischief of reality TV and wellness influencers, juicy thoughtcrimes and love languages, and the mixed messages of contemporary feminism.