Leila Einhorn is a poet, educator, and bibliophile whose work explores memory, recovery, and the messiness of ordinary life. She previously served as an editorial assistant for the Colorado Review and co-founded the Philadelphia Free Poetry Workshop in West Philly. Her writing has appeared in Always Crashing, Apricity Press, 8 Poems, and elsewhere. She lives and writes in Philadelphia.
Days of Awe
A year after her mother’s death, a poet in recovery moves home to Philadelphia to get a divorce and begin again. Set during the ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, Days of Awe blends poetry, storytelling, and chutzpah into a lyrical reckoning with grief, desire, and the inheritances we carry.
September 17, 2026 5:45pm
September 22, 2026 7:15pm
September 26, 2026 5:30pm
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Honors & Awards
- New Writers Flash Fiction Competition – Shortlisted (2024)
- Oxford Flash Fiction Prize – Longlisted (2024)
- Tremblay Crow Writing Fellowship, Colorado State University (2018)
- Yong Woon Lee Scholarship, Colorado State University (2018)
- Tumbleweed Writing Residency, Shakespeare & Company (2014)
- Andrew Grossbardt Memorial Poetry Prize, Brandeis University (2012)