Leopoldine Core

Leopoldine Core (born 1984/1985) and raised in a railroad apartment nearby Tompkins Square Park.

In 2015, Core published her debut book-length poetry collection Veronica Bench.

In 2016, Core published her first short story collection, When Watched; In 2017, she was honored as one of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35. She was a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction.

Core cites Mark Gonzales' Non Stop Poetry, Nella Larsen's Passing, and Jenny Zhang's Hags as her inspirations.

Core is dyslexic. She was once in a relationship with poet Eileen Myles.