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Courtney LeBlanc is the author of the full length collections, Exquisite Bloody, Beating Heart (Riot in Your Throat, 2021) and Beautiful & Full of Monsters (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2020), chapbooks All in the Family (Bottlecap Press, 2016), and The Violence Within (Flutter Press, 2018). She has her MBA from University of Baltimore and her MFA from Queens University of Charlotte. She loves nail polish, wine, and tattoos.

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Now that the news has officially been announced, I can tell you: my next collection of poetry, Her Dark Everything, will be published April 2025 with Riot in Your Throat. Her Dark Everything grapples with the loss of a friend to suicide and the continued survival of my best friend, despite her battles with major depression. It’s about hope and joy and sorrow and loss and survival. The Riot in Your

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	Beautiful & Full of Monsters 4.47 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Whole Bright Life 4.76 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exquisite Bloody, Beating Heart 4.71 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All in the Family 4.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Violence Within 4.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Siamese Sisters it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writers Resist: The Anthology 2018 by Kit-Bacon Gressitt (editor), Sara Marchant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maia Antoinette (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost City Review, Volume III by Justin Karcher (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeanette Godreau (Editor), Lizz Schumer (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hypertrophic Literary - Spring 2018 by Victoria Olt (Illustrator), Kathryn McMahon, Paul Schiernecker it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stanchion: Issue Four by Jeff Bogle (Editor), Ashly Kim (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Courtney LeBlanc (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A collection of poems about grief, motherhood, desire, family, and hope. from Who the Letters Were From: "He was the father / of my dictionary. He was an irreplaceable // rhyme for baby. He was my third / love, my second chance, a trampoline's notion ...more
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A collection of poems about identity, race, enslavement, and freedom. from Farm Book: "In my student's / poem, the house stands for womanhood, pain coiled / in the drywall. Sorrow warps the planks, pulling nails / from ribs. In Kentucky, I'm the only ...more
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