Ryleigh Wann hails from Michigan and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She writes about music for The Alternative, interviews writers for Sundress Publications, and is a copywriter by day. She was awarded an MFA in poetry from University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where she taught creative writing and served as the comics editor for Ecotone. Her work can be found in The McNeese Review, HAD, The Shore, and Longleaf Review, among others.
Ryleigh is at work on a collection of poems titled Swamp Girl and is seeking representation. The poems examine the intersection of addiction and desire and what happens when desire goes unchecked. The confessional themes include girlhood, the Midwest, and power imbalances.
She has editorial experience with Sundress Publications, Lookout Books, Ecotone, and Toledo City Paper. Ryleigh is the founder of The Swampera Room Reading Series, a project that encourages local residents to read poetry or prose to an audience in Wilmington, North Carolina. You can view her copywriting portfolio here.