Media

Readings & conversations

Watch Elizabeth read her poetry, perform her award-winning essay, and talk about her writing.

Award-winning performance

Land of Secrets

Elizabeth performs her personal essay “Land of Secrets,” winner of the 2025 Brooklyn Film Arts Nonfiction Prize.

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Poetry reading

Ekphrasis! Poets Respond to Art

A reading in the gallery at the Pleiades Gallery exhibition Heather Stivison: Borders and Boundaries, where poets responded to the art on the walls.

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Interview

Interview with Brooklyn Film Arts

Elizabeth talks with Brooklyn Film Arts about her writing, performing personal essays, and the story behind “Land of Secrets.”

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In the classroom

Last Day of the Semester

A video from the last day of the semester, shared by Elizabeth on her YouTube channel.

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Consulting

Nonprofit strategy with Elizabeth Levine

A short introduction to Elizabeth’s work helping mission-driven organizations strengthen strategy, leadership, fundraising, and sustainable growth.

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In the classroom

Elizabeth and her students

A short video of Elizabeth with her students in a creative writing class.

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Poetry film

Before and After

An intimate visual poem by Elizabeth Levine about a mother’s experience of bereavement and the altered landscape of grief. The film pairs Elizabeth’s words with stark, quiet images from the natural world. Content note: references to the death of a daughter, a hospital, and a morgue.

Elizabeth Levine reading poetry and holding an exhibition postcard

In person

Poetry reading at High Mountain Meadow, Wayne, New Jersey

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Upcoming events

Write Angles Conference logo — Straw Dog Writers Guild Conference

Write Angles Conference — “Entering the Image: Ekphrastic Writing”

Elizabeth presents this generative workshop on October 24, 2026. Writers explore ekphrasis — writing that responds to or transforms a visual artwork — using images as catalysts for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, with the Amherst Writers & Artists approach and the opportunity to share work and receive feedback.

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Past events

Six workshop participants standing together beside artworks at the Montclair Art Museum

Montclair Art Museum — Ekphrastic Writing Workshop

A photograph from an ekphrastic writing workshop at the Montclair Art Museum, shared by Elizabeth.

Flyer for the High Mountain Meadow Poetry Series featuring Barbara D. Hall and Elizabeth Levine, September 8, 2024, 2–4 pm, at Wayne Public Library

High Mountain Meadow Poetry Series

Featured reading with Barbara D. Hall and Elizabeth Levine, plus open mic. September 8, 2024, 2–4 pm, Wayne Public Library, 461 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey.