Photo, ©John Clines, 2007
Leslie Anne Mcilroy
Leslie Anne Mcilroy won the 2001 Word Press Poetry Prize for her full-length collection Rare Space and the 1997 Slipstream Poetry Chapbook Prize for her chapbook Gravel. She also took first place in the 1997 Chicago Literary Awards Competition judged by Gerald Stern. Her second full-length book, Liquid Like This, was published by Word Press in 2008. Leslie's poems are published in numerous journals and anthologies including American Poetry: The Next Generation, The Emily Dickinson Award Anthology, The Mississippi Review, Nimrod International Journal of Prose & Poetry, Pavement Saw, and Pearl. Her poem, "Slag," is a finalist in the 2009 Dowood Poetry Contest and is forthcoming in spring, 2010.
Leslie was the cofounder/editor of HEArt — Human Equity Through Art — the nation’s first journal devoted to promoting social justice and fighting discrimination through literature and art. Leslie is a copywriter in Pittsburgh, PA, where she lives with her daughter, Silas, and writer/guitarist, Don Bertschman, with whom she performs her poetry.
Performances and readings can be viewed on YouTube
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Liquid Like This
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