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Erotic and absurdist, Leanne Averbach’s fever docu-rides a life examined through multifarious roles and experiences. Through her iconoclastic lens, life as a former left-wing activist and trade union organizer takes shape with indelible moments spent in factories or incarcerated in jail cells. Averbach’s work contains vivid tales of love, family encounters, and the mad poetry of harsh international realities. With its unique blend of the personal and the political, fever burns with the engagement of the most committed poetry. 

“Witty, cynical and startlingly lusty, Averbach’s lushly lyrical, 'thick wet strokes' of irreverence are finely wrought with haunting immediacy. Her work provides a must-read collection: highly charged eroto-comic and compelling snapshots that linger.” —Adeena Karasick


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Sample Poems:  Fever - Abattoir - Internet Dating


  • “Unsexy” in Dalhousie Review, 2009
  • “Taste of City” in Poetry New Zealand, 2009
  • “Rowing Lesson #9: Getting Out of Bed” in Poetry London, 2009
  • “Projection” in Fiddlehead, 2009
  • “Enter the Chudnovsky Brothers” in Dream Catcher 23, Canadian Issue, UK, 2009
  • “A Tool I Can Say With” in CV2, Fall 2009
  • “A Thing Past” in Prism International, Fall 2009
  • “Poster Child” in Court Green, Columbia College, Chicago, Winter 2010
  • “Slim Evidence of Dubious Quality” in Court Green, Columbia College, Chicago, Winter 2010
  • "Speaking in the Ventricular" in The Smoking Poet, New York, Winter issue 2009
  • "My Youth Machine-Rolled, Smoked to Its Stub" in By-Words, Ottawa, 2009
  • "To the Lighthouse" in 2008 Best Canadian Poetry Anthology selection
  • "Darwin is Despondent" in Court Green, Chicago, 2007
  • "Big," "Where Envelopes Come From" and "Cuba por Fin" in Mi Poesias, New York, 2007
  • "Across the Table" in Seven Deadly Sins Anthology Contest, 2007
  • "Saffron" in Arabesque, Tangiers-Paris, 2007
  • "Changing Channels" and "To the Lighthouse" in CV2, Winnipeg, 2007
  • "Unsexy", "To the Lighthouse" and "Beached" finalists in Burnaby Writers Society Poetry Contest, 2007
  • “The Birds of Sarajevo” in Grain Magazine
  • “Stoplight” in Washington Square, New York City
  • “Christina’s World” in The Fiddlehead
  • “Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary” in Pottersfield Portfolio
  • “Dining with Family” and “Deathwatcher” in Wayne County Review, Newark NY
  • “Moment” and “Willow” in Descant
  • "Opening” in Poetry In Performance #30, City College, New York City
  • “Trans Canada Drowning”, “Reincarnation” and “Aisle of Hope” in Ripple Effect Press, Love in the Media Age Anthology
  • “blue moon over forever” (now entitled “Ivy”) and “The Funeral” in The Fiddlehead
  • “Grandfather’s Hand” in Canadian Women’s Studies
  • “By the Sea” in The Landmarks 2000 Project
  • “Kill Floor, 1974” (now entitled “Abattoir”) in Sub-TERRAIN
  • “A Brunette with a Book” a self-published Chapbook
  • “Bella Ciao” in Poesia d’Amore, Premio Marianna Florenzi, IV Edizione, Perugia Italy
  • “After the Storm” and “Almost Was” in The New Quarterly
  • “The Gift” and “Reading the Signs” in Dalhousie Review
  • “Carwash” in Antigonish Review
  • “Funeral Fictions” in Poetry New Zealand
  • “Poesia & Jazz” (12 Poesie di Leanne Averbach) Universita’ per Stranieri di Perugia Italy
  • “Bird”, “Accretion”, “Heroics” and “Is Just a Kiss”
  • “Memories Don’t” in Sub-TERRAIN

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