WELCOME | བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་

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Opinionated Tibetan American Storyteller

Photo by Anna Tsomo Leidecker

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I am Lekey Leidecker (she/her/མོ་), a writer dedicated to telling stories of myself and my people.

Read my Medium page here.

Want to work together? Great! Contact me here.

You can learn more about my work here and about me here.

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CURRENTLY

Find me:

• Donating in support of Black lives and organizing, and you should too
• Consulting on Yakpo Collective’s brilliant Spotlight Series project elevating the voices, perspectives, and work of contemporary Tibetan artists
• Profiled in Tricycle Magazine, Tibetan Women Poets Share Their Stories
• Writing increasingly ridiculous newsletters - sign up for them here!
• In this illustrated essay, Flat Yoga

Writing:

• My first chapbook - hit me up if you want to publish it!
• Essays: “Some Things Are Felt Through the Body” on grief, anger, exile, and rest; untitled on revisiting Harry Potter as an adult in the Tibetan diaspora
• First draft of historical science fiction story set in several different time periods in Tibetan history

Reading:

• and having lively discussions on Tibetan history in online book club
• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's brilliant book This Accident of Being Lost