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Leila Chatti

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Leila Chatti is a Tunisian-American poet and author of Deluge (Copper Canyon Press, 2020) as well as four chapbooks. She lives in Cincinnati.

Poems by Leila Chatti
  • Appeared in Poetry Magazine Cootie Catcher
  • Appeared in Poetry Magazine Echo (All She Lost She Lost)
  • Appeared in Poetry Magazine Mad
  • See All Poems by Leila Chatti
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      A Beloved Face That’s Missing: The Poet’s Self-Portrait

      By Sara Elkamel November 28, 2022

      for her burning face in my poem beautifully carries the scent of  a beloved face that’s missing  —“Meaning of Her Absence,”Alejandra Pizarnik, trans. Yvette Siegert, Extracting the Stone of Madness (New Directions, 2016) When naming this workshop...

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      Leila Chatti and Sharon Olds in Conversation

      From The Poetry Magazine Podcast December 2020

      When we asked Leila Chatti who she wished to speak with most, she chose one of the poets who gave her permission to be a poet herself: Sharon Olds. And...

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      Nothing Major to Report

      From Audio Poem of the Day May 2024

      By Leila Chatti

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