Leah Duarte is a Portuguese-Canadian poet and fiction writer. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s MA in English program, where her focus on diasporic narratives and women in speculative fiction shaped her poetic focus on diasporic distance and the violence of female identity. Her recent work has appeared in The /tƐmz/ Review, untethered magazine, and The Four Faced Liar, among others. Her poetry has received a 2023 Best of the Net nomination, and her flash fiction piece “Passengers” won the 2022 gritLIT Youth Flash Fiction contest. She is currently working on her debut poetry collection intertwining Portuguese folklore, religious themes, representations of mental illness, and depictions of girlhood through a speculative lens, funded by the Ontario Arts Council and the Mississauga Arts Council.
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