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Pictures of Lolita, Gaitskill and me

Posted on May 19, 2017 by louisewleonard

What do you think of when you think of Lolita? The answer is not always your fault. Publishers want to sell copies and sex sells, or can.  But Lolita, Lolita. I have been reading Mary Gaitskill’s essays, and in her essay … Continue reading →

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Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone: a story

Posted on May 2, 2017 by louisewleonard

Amy Hassinger tells the story of an aching painful adolescent love, when a boy’s desperate need and intensity compel, confuse and repel a young girl all at the same time.

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Hightailing it through another faceless desert….

Posted on April 5, 2017 by louisewleonard

  In an excerpt from her novel-in-progress After Venice, writer ANDREA R. VAUCHER tells the story of a woman whose Maserati breaks down out of L.A. in the desert. Then arrives, to rescue her, an all American male with the … Continue reading →

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Just because someone abuses you, doesn’t give you the right to…

Posted on March 30, 2017 by louisewleonard

Popping up a recent interview by Siel Ju. She is gorgeous and super smart and from L.A. She was on the podcast reading her awesome piece Acceptance. Here, in her interview is a little about about the outback, about how … Continue reading →

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Refusing to Give Way, leading a date to get awry

Posted on March 22, 2017 by louisewleonard

 

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The Perfect Little Poem: for Drew Huebner

Posted on March 20, 2017 by louisewleonard

The poet Donald Revell once read this poem of mine, and told me it was “a perfect little poem.” He didn’t elucidate, and I really don’t know what he meant by this. I wasn’t even sure it was a compliment. … Continue reading →

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I want to make you bleed for not saying goodbye: EPISODE 20! Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2017 by louisewleonard
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Life is a Chemical Madness, me and Ron Shapiro

Posted on March 2, 2017 by louisewleonard

Here is my old friend Ron Shapiro. I was driving through the deep south, age 22, in a Drive-Away car (you pay for the gas and get to drive the car to a destination) when I landed in Oxford Mississippi … Continue reading →

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The Gaudy Valley, a story from my brush with gangsters

Posted on March 1, 2017 by louisewleonard

Any day is a good day to re-read The Diamond As Big as the Ritz. And today, after four days fighting a vicious cough that I thought was going to choke the life out of me, seemed a perfect one. … Continue reading →

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Big Truck, a little study of power. With Aurelie Sheehan

Posted on February 13, 2017 by louisewleonard

On the podcast, a woman learns the joy of power by riding in her man’s Big Truck. Can she ever go back? And what is the cost? And how does she suddenly feel about the little car drivers?? Give Me … Continue reading →

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