NOMI LEASURE

WRITING

PUBLISHED WORK SAMPLES

Please Don't Catcall Me, AnneOfCarversville.com

Michelle Obama: The Femine Feminist, AnneOfCarversville.com

The Health Benefits of Smiling, AnneOfCarversville.com

Fix Your Streets Challenge, GOOD Magazine October 2013, Print

Housing Program Creates Thriving Community for Writers, Broadcast News Story, KDKA-TV

Ballet Becoming Popular Exercise Option, Broadcast News Story, KDKA-TV

CREATIVE WRITING SAMPLES

(Available on request)

Freshman English

"Maggie woke unwillingly into a strange feeling of regret. She followed her curiosity, in the form of her hand down her side, and realized that, just as she had suspected, she wasn’t wearing any pants."

Zadi Sage and the Fifth Grade Spelling Bee

"I didn't want to stop and talk to the man. I was practicing my words and mom always told me to avoid strangers, especially ones with mustaches. But I had dropped my matches jumping over a puddle crossing Smithfield Street and I needed a light for my cigarette."

Fragments

"I ran into (bleeped out) on the dance floor. That was cute. Like "Hey! My friend! Dancing! Having a good time!" Drunk. (Bleeped out) thought we kissed. Not (Above Stated Bleeped Out) but someone else. But I know we didn't. But I can't say I would remember if we did. I don't even have his number. I like it like that. So I can run into him. Found little fragments of my night."

Untitled Play

"GOSSIP ONE

They strung them both up, don't ya know!

GOSSIP TWO

Naturally!

GOSSIP ONE

Imagine seeing that! A white woman hanging by her neck.