Leopoldine Core

Leopoldine Core was born and raised in New York's East Village and graduated from Hunter College. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Joyland, Open City, PEN America, and Apology magazine, among others. She is the recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award for Fiction, as well as fellowships from the Center for Fiction and the Fine Arts Work Center. Author of the poetry collection Veronica Bench and the short story collection When Watched, Core lives in New York.