Leora is the Director of the New Jewish Culture Fellowship. She is an NJCF alum and the author of Bound Up: On Kink, Power and Belonging, Static Palace, a collection of essays about chronic illness, art and politics (punctum books), My Fault, selected by Eileen Myles for the Cleveland State University Press First Book Prize, and other books of prose, poetry and translation. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Parapraxis, Fence, the New York Times, and the Believer, among others. Leora has taught for institutions including Columbia University, Mount Holyoke College and the New School for Social Research, and she collaborates widely with artists, writers and community groups. She is a recipient of support, grants and residencies from organizations including Fulbright, Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition to writing and teaching, Leora curates exhibitions of contemporary art and performance and consults with artists and creative organizations.