Author Archives: louisewleonard

About louisewleonard

Author of 52 Men, Since You Ask, and others Also in The Rumpus, Tin House, Fiction Advocate, Gargoyle.

New Work

Posted on July 10, 2020 by louisewleonard

I had what some might call a religious experience at age 23 or so. It was so fantastic and wild and forceful — it ripped the skies open and the skies invited me in.That was at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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If Trump Causes You Pain, see TRUMPain

Posted on June 16, 2020 by louisewleonard

This is a series created by my brother Jonathan Wareham. Take a look at the preview here: and then the complete playlist. Having trouble embedding it here, but it’s worth the jump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L77x5Mizqo&feature=emb_err_woyt

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Acts of Bravery involving the Shooting of Individuals

Posted on June 4, 2020 by louisewleonard

Steve is a police officer. I watch him calming down some men in a fight in Soho. I am so impressed by this — by his calmness and his presence and quiet authority — I began talking to him. He … Continue reading →

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The Wave

Posted on May 15, 2020 by louisewleonard

Because humans are scant right now, in the rural area where we live, the birds and waterfowl are showing new force. For the first time in years, the geese are coming up from the lake and then the bay and … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Paul

Posted on April 28, 2020 by louisewleonard

Paul Dodd can make art from a nail on the wall, and a photo from a slice of light, and a song out of a breadstick. Ok, I haven’t heard the breadstick song, but I can imagine it. Today is … Continue reading →

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Going Quiet

Posted on April 2, 2020 by louisewleonard

I cannot help but see this virus from mother nature as a wake-up call. Forget your life. Get up. You think you know what time it is? It’s time to pray. We treat the world so badly. I won’t be … Continue reading →

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Well Lived

Posted on January 15, 2020 by louisewleonard

I caught on fire when I was three. This was half a century ago, yet still you will see the handiwork of this fire when I remove my shirt. Outside, in the gardens, the trees were ripe with lemons. The … Continue reading →

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Setting fire to it

Posted on December 11, 2019 by louisewleonard

SO much has been going on, but when hasn’t it been? I swear, since the year 2000/2001 I have felt like a fugitive with a great wind at my back. Which isn’t so bad, as I always feel ALIVE, but … Continue reading →

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Seek Neither To Run Nor To Recriminate — that is for other people

Posted on November 7, 2019 by louisewleonard

I think one of the best recommendations I have ever read is from an old and dear book of my youth that attempts to keep readers out of trouble. This recommendation, that lives in me always is, “Seek neither to … Continue reading →

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Go Under

Posted on October 16, 2019 by louisewleonard

When I was in the hospital for depression in my early twenties I imagined that my depression would make me wise. Yet really, depression was like a great beast that stood in my way and prevented me from moving. I … Continue reading →

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