Leanne Tory-Murphy

Leanne Tory-Murphy (she/they) is a queer writer and organizer who has worked across the fields of labor and migration for more than two decades. She was a Fulbright grantee in Italy, a recipient of the Tow Grant for International Graduate Research in Chile and is a recent graduate of the MFA in Poetry at Brooklyn College. As a Social Practice CUNY fellow, Leanne began to develop 'A Future Language', a poetic practice that draws on both the history of walking pilgrimages and performance art to address personal and collective trauma, grief and history. Leanne's work has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Le Monde Diplomatique, VICE and other publications.