Lea Banks
57 Main Street
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Phone: (413) 625-6702 Email: lea@leabanks.com
Books Published
All of Me Booksmyth Press, 2008
2008 - Present Editor, Oscillation: Poetry in Motion
2003- Present Poet, Writer, Editor, Workshop Instructor
2006 - 2009 Poetry Editor, Staff for Equinox
2004 - 2009 Editorial Assistant for The Marlboro Review
2000 - 2003 Managing Editor and Contributing Writer for The Heath Herald
1998 - 2000 Associate Editor and Contributing Writer of lead articles and two monthly columns for Serve New England, a nonprofit 12-page monthly with a circulation of over 35,000
1977 - Present Facilitator, writing workshops and individual lessons
2010 - Present The Domestic Darling, an online vintage shoppe
MFA Candidate in Poetry, New England College
BA cum laude, English Literature and Theatre Arts, New England College
Editing Practicums, 2002, 2005-2006
Job Development Seminars 2001-2002
Grant Writing Courses, 1998-2001, social service employment
Computer Courses, 1997-2000
2009 Two Pushcart Prize nominations, "All of Me," and "Hallelujah"
2009 Finalist, Pavel Srut Fellowship in Prague
2008 Fellow, Philanthropic Educational Organization
2007 Fellow, American Association of University Women
2006 Fellow, Yellow Fox Foundation at Frost Place
2005 Scholar, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
2005 Scholar, Solstice Writer's Conference
Workshops and Conferences
2003, 2006, 2007 Frost Place for Poetry, Franconia, NH
2005 Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
2005 Solstice Writer's Conference
Publications
Sweet: A Literary Confection
Tattoosday
Boiling River
The Recorder
Slipstream
Diner
Poetry Northwest
Survivor's Review
The Equinox
American Poetry Journal
Columbia University Press:
The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
Memberships and Volunteer Work
2007 - present Founder, Curator, and Chair of the Collected Poets Series
2007 - present Member of the Academy of Poets
2007 - present Member of PEN, International
2006 - present Member of Writers without Borders
2006 - present Member of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs
2006 - present Facilitator, Stroke survivors' individual lessons
2003 - 2008 Committee Volunteer Coordinator, Brattleboro Literary Festival
1998 - 2005 Committee Member Coordinator and reader at the Third Friday Reading at Arms Library, Shelburne Falls, MA
Etcetera
March 2008 Contributor on NPR-affiliated station WAMC, Albany, NY
May 2007 Contributor on NPR-affiliated station WAMC, Albany, NY
2004 - present Featured reader and open mic reader at various venues in
New York City, Connecticut, Boston, MA and Western Massachusetts
2002 - present Developed two long-term writer's groups in Western Massachusetts
1996 - present Co-founded ongoing writer's workshop, Henniker, NH