by authorlesliedj | Feb 1, 2023
Baby, Maybe? On Feeling The Pressure Of Motherhood An essay from the anthology Flaca “I want to get better so that I can become a mother someday,” one of my community members shared during a goal setting rehabilitation exercise. I was about 4 weeks into...
by authorlesliedj | Jan 5, 2020
Originally published in Marymount Manhattan College Review, 2004-2005/Number 17 *The Dymphna Leonard Award for Fiction is selected from material published in The Marymount Manhattan Review. A network of outside reviewers read all submissions and select the award...
by authorlesliedj | Jan 5, 2020
Originally published in the Marymount Manhattan College Review, 2005-2006/Number 18 Father Figure “Eww what are you listening to? Don’t you know only grownups and hicks listen to Merengue” said Chico as he glided across the room. “You should be listening...
by authorlesliedj | Jan 5, 2020
Originally published in the Marymount Manhattan College Review, 2004-2005/Number 17 Abuela She ruled with a fist full of comet and adobo. She cooked almost as much as she cleaned. The house always smelled of zofrito and Lysol with a hint of desperation. She collected...
by authorlesliedj | Jan 5, 2020
Quiet Panic Every year since as far back as I can remember on the days before my birthday my father would regale me with the story of the hours leading up to my birth. I was born during a cold snap in the winter of 1985, “the wind was so strong and the air was so cold...
