Storyteller
Jay Leeming is a poet and performance storyteller who has spent years bringing the power of the spoken word to audiences in theaters, schools, libraries and National Parks. He is author of three collections of poetry, the creator of the Crane Bag Podcast, the former editor of the journal Rowboat: Poetry in Translation and the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. More information about his work as well as recordings of his performances of The Epic of Gilgamesh, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” numerous Norse myths and the Odyssey can be found here.