ARTICLES & ESSAYS

Leslie writes about motherhood, mental illness, grief, houses/homes, architecture and design. She drives a deep interest in place and how that shapes us, as well as the interstitial connection of family, dysfunction, and the symmetry and parallels of nature.

Forthcoming

“A Conversation with Donald Antrim, author of ONE FRIDAY IN APRIL: A Story of Suicide & Survival, Hippocampus Magazine.

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Recently Published

“A Conversation with Laraine Herring, author of A CONSTELLATION OF GHOSTS: A Speculative Memoir, Hippocampus Magazine.“

Baby Jars,” Agapanthus Collective

“Thresholds,” A Door = Jar Literary Magazine 

SPEAKING OF APRAXIA: A Parents’ Guide to Childhood Apraxia of Speech, audio edition, narrated by author, Penguin Random House July 6

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Published

“Saying Good-bye to Childhood One Book at a Time,” Literary Mama 

“Local Woman Writing: A Walking Tour with Mary Kubica,“ Women Fiction Writers

“Navigating Choppy Waters,” Moms Don’t Have Time to Write: Travel 

“Fourteen,“ Mutha Magazine 

“A Reading List of Memoirs on Motherhood & Mental Illness,” The Migthy. 

“Reading to Write: Leslie Lindsay on the Long Journey to her Memoir,” Read Her Like an Open Book.

“Disinheriting Madness & Other Traits,” Runs in the Family|Psychology Today.

“My Mother’s House,” Semicolon Literary Journal.

Snapshots: The Old Farmhouse. The Family Narrative Project.

Suite of Poetry: “My Mother’s Madness.” Coffin Bell Journal, Vol. 3. No. 3.

“Material That Matters,” Brave Voices Literary Magazine, No. 4. [Print only. Reprinted here]

Reader’s Response. Poets & Writers Magazine September/October 2019 [Print Only].

“Children, Caution,” Cleaver Magazine. Issue 24.

“Phantom Tears.” Ruminate: The Waking. 

“Material,“ Pithead Chapel. Vol. 7, Issue 5.

Pretentious Backside. Common Ground Review, Vol. 19, Issue 2. Visit website 

“Is Writing a Memoir Automatically Therapeutic?” A Craft Essay on Writing about Mental Illness. Cleaver Magazine.

“My Mother is Crazy.” Manifest-Station.

“Sorting.” The Nervous Breakdown.

BOOKS

Speaking of Apraxia: A Parents’ Guide to Childhood Apraxia of Speech, updated, 2nd edition. Woodbine House, 2020.

Also available in audio.

Amazon|Bookshop|IndieBound|BAM|WoodbineHouse|PenguinRandomHouse Audio

ON-SUBMISSION

MODEL HOME: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness & Memory

IN-PROGRESS

MINIATURE ETERNITIES: Hybrid work of interlinked stories featuring family history, the parallels of nature, mental health, motherhood, grief, and architecture, along with historical aspects including The Great Depression; hovering between speculation, folklore, and lyric prose. 

Contact: Murray Weiss|Catalyst Literary Management

murray (at) catalystlit. com