Category: News
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A review from The Peak
Thanks to poet Nav Nagra for this review of my book in The Peak, the newspaper at Simon Fraser University. Leslie’s The things I heard about you is a masterful exploration of the blurred lines between writer and reader. Leslie explores social issues with enlightening subtlety that will leave you reeling. Merging genres effortlessly, Leslie explores the art of…
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Two reviews
Thank you Douglas Luman for this wonderful response to my book at The Found Poetry Review. It is so gratifying to read such a thoughtful, thorough response. The form of the book, the feeling and space that it inhabits, is reminiscent of Kaia Sand’s Remember to Wave, though the subject matter and arrangement of the books are as…
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Reading at REVERB
I’m reading at REVERB in a couple weeks, on Feb 25th. You can see the lineup and all info about the event here.
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Review & interview in Matrix
Thank you to poet Fazeela Jiwa for her review and interview about my book in Montreal’s Matrix Magazine. From Fazeela’s review: “It would seem fitting to describe these iterations as Russian dolls, except that analogy implies that each version looks like the original, only smaller. Instead, Leslie’s distillation and rearrangement of the original words opens new…
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And another nother a thing
Yesterday I posted the piece on my work in Xtra and today there’s an interview in Open Book Toronto’s Poets In Profile series: you can read it here.
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Further evidence that my book exists
Xtra has a piece up about my book. You can read it here. That’s all.
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Lemon Hound New Vancouver Poets folio
Hello all, I have a couple poems in Lemon Hound’s New Vancouver Poets folio. Many wonderful poets and I’m glad to be part of it. Adrienne Gruber, who is one of my favourite humans…..and some other people. You can read it here.
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A few things before we all disappear
Happy Chanukah. Thank you to rob mclennan for his response to my book on his blog. You can read it here. And thank you to Contemporary Verse 2 for this lovely response to my book: “The things I heard about you is best described as self-erasure poetry. Alex Leslie’s debut poetry collection is almost the…
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A reading coming up: Guri, Jerome, Nicholson & Leslie
Just a note that I’m reading with three amazing women poets next week on Thursday Dec 4: Gillian Jerome, Cecily Nicholson and Helen Guri who is here from Toronto. If you do Facebook the event listing is here. Thanks to poet Jen Currin for organizing this event. Thursday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m. People’s Co-op Bookstore 1391…
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