Write Your Way In
Claim Your Place in the Story.
Leila Bilick is not only a profound poet, her workshop inspired unexpected new, meaningful ideas and memorable poetry as a participant, and deepened our class's community experience along the way.”
- Anna T.
ABOUT ME
Hi, I’m Leila Bilick.
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Welcome! I am a poet, poetry educator, copy editor, and book club facilitator. In other words, a lover of all things language and literature. I would love to meet you and to work with you and your creativity. Learn more about my offerings below.
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My poetry has been published in a variety of literary magazines such as Lilith Magazine, American Literary Review, Book of Matches, The Los Angeles Press, and Soundings East. I earned a BA in English and American Literature from Brandeis University and an MA in English from UMass Boston. I have more than a decade of writing and editing experience in the nonprofit sector. I live in Los Angeles with my two daughters.
Leila’s passion for poetry and Torah infuses her workshops. Her feedback on others’ writing is insightful, generous, and on point.”
- Susan A.
MY OFFERINGS
I teach poetry workshops, facilitate book clubs, and provide copy editing support - all in service of helping you deepen your connection to texts and to your unique voice.
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Learn more below and select the offering that works best for you and/or your community.
Combining a Torah class with poetry, Leila Bilick has put together a class so rich I didn’t want it to end! Simultaneously soulful and intellectual, the workshop has empathy for the characters in Torah, the writers of Torah, and its modern-day readers and re-imaginers. In the great tradition of wrestling with the Torah, our ancestors, and our own pasts, Leila creates the space for people of all levels to engage with the text in the way most meaningful to them. Still, she guided us towards greater compassion and understanding of themselves and our expansive humanity, warts and all. My partner and I took the class together and we ended up discussing each week’s session for days afterward!”
- Benjamin P.
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