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Leigh Donaldson [1]

Listed as: 
Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer, Poet
Public address: 
Portland, ME
Maine US
Email: 
leighd@lycos.com
Bio: 

Leigh Donaldson’s fiction and prose writing on international/national/regional politics, business, social issues, history, art, culture and travel have appeared in print and online publications such as The Guardian US, Humanist Perspectives Magazine (Ottawa, ON), The Montreal Review, The Working Waterfront (ME), Gastronomica: The Journal of Food & Culture, The Greenwich Village Literary Journal, American Legacy Magazine, Progressive Media Project, Hawaii Review, Senior Magazine, Art Times Journal, American Songwriter Magazine, International Poetry Review, Portland Monthly Magazine, Bangor Daily News, Maine Food & Lifestyle Magazine, “Maine’s Visible Black History” (Tilbury House Publishers), Maine History, Bay State Banner (Boston), as well as Sojourners Magazine, Art & Understanding Magazine, animus, Cafe Review and The Maine Review.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
New York City, NY
New York
Prizes won: 

He is the recipient of several awards including a National Press Foundation Award, a Fund for Investigative Journalism grant, a Goldstein Research Award from the Joan Shorenstein Barone Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, an Abraham Woursell Fellowship from the University of Austria (Vienna) and a Martin Dibner Memorial fellowship from the Maine Community Foundation for fiction. He is also a New York Times fellow with the International Longevity Center USA at Columbia University. 
 

Identifies as: 
African American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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