English

EDUCATION:
B.A., Columbia University, 1994; M.A.,
New York University 1996

INTERESTS: Fiction Writing, short stories and novels

Leslie Woodard is the author of the short story collection, The Silver Crescent. She was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in 2002 and is currently at work on a novel, tentatively titled “The Last Tour of the Hot-House Flower,” which is loosely drawn on her experiences as a dancer with the Dance Theater of Harlem.  She is particularly interested in the ways a writer uses language coupled with his or her unique voice and perspective to build three-dimensional worlds and the characters that reside within them.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

--The Silver Crescent (Gorgeous Notions Press, 2006); Streetlights: Tales of the Urban Black Experience (anthology); Men We Cherish (anthology)

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES: Introduction to Fiction