Eleanor Lerman discusses the poetic influence of Leonard Cohen on her books, the themes of grief in her books and confronting mortalitythrough art.

Eleanor Lerman is an acclaimed author whose fifty-yearcareer spans award-winning poetry, short stories, and novels. She was one of the youngest finalists for the National Book Award in Poetry and has received major honors including the Juniper Prize and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

Her fiction has also earned wide recognition, such as the John W. Campbell Award for Best Book of Science Fiction and a shortlisting for The Chautauqua Prize. Lerman is the recipient of prestigious fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEA, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her latestpoetry collection, Slim Blue Universe (Mayapple Press, 2023), was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Medal Provocateur, and her upcoming short story collection, King the Wonder Dog and Other Stories, will be released by She Writes Press in 2026.

At time 23:43 she reads from Oleander Marriage.

Author Links: eleanorlerman.com and on Facebook (facebook.com/eleanor.lerman).

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