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MARCIA

LEBEAU

POETRY

ABOUT

Marcia LeBeau is a New Jersey poet by way of Brooklyn by way of Pennsylvania. She stumbled into poetry by accident when she wrote a radio ad for Courvoisier Cognac, which was deemed spoken word poetry. From there she took her words to the stage performing most notably at the Sugar Shack in Harlem and other venues throughout New York City. In 2010, she was runner-up in the Bowery Poetry Club’s One Club Poetry Slam, after which Bob Holman nicknamed her “Lady Zoyzia.”

Poetry led her to the classroom in Washington Heights to teach for New York Scores where she taught fifth-grade girls in an after-school literacy program which combined poetry and soccer. For her work with New York Scores, she received the Most Outstanding Writing Coach. She also trained with Urban Word in poetry pedagogy.

Marcia LeBeau's work has appeared in Rattle, Moon City Review, SLANT, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in poetry from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. Currently, she is using watercolors to rediscover objects in her poems. She lives in South Orange, NJ with her husband and two sons.

Poets & Writers profile

Wordsmith interview

Artists Unite video

Goody Girl

The woman on my hairband packaging looks

like my friend Heather. So much so that I say hello

to her every time I slide a black ring of rubber down

the cardboard, grasping desperately to any strand

of happiness the morning will offer.

Published in decomP, July 2016

NEWS

South Mountain School Artist-in-Residence

I will again be the artist-in-residence for South Mountain Elementary School’s 5th grade. Looking forward to working with the students for four days culminating performance on March 15, 2019.

Pushcart Prize Nomination

Many thanks to Adam Brooke Davis and Joe Benevento, the editors of Green Hills Literary Lantern, for nominating my poem, “Directives for Temptation” for a 2019 Pushcart Prize.

Poetry Out Loud Judge

On Feb. 19, 2019, I will be judging the Essex and Union Counties' Regional New Jersey Poetry Out Loud Competition at SOPAC.

The Rectangle Studio & Gallery

Broadsides: Art, Poetry and Partnership will open on Jan. 25, 2019.

My work along with Mary Tautin Moloney will be on display. We will begin with a short reading and explanation.

The Rectangle Studio & Gallery

The closing of our broadside show on April 12, 2019

Visit therectanglestudio.com for more info.

Stay tuned for major changes at the The Rectangle coming this fall.