Alex Leslie

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Vancouver For Beginners

In Vancouver for Beginners, the nostalgia of place is dissected through the mapping of a city where readers are led past surrealist development proposals, post-apocalyptic postcards, childhood … 106 View

We All Need to Eat

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We All Need to Eat is a collection of linked stories from award-winning author Alex Leslie that revolves around Soma, a young Queer woman in Vancouver. Through thoughtful and probing narratives, … 186 View
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Enter by the rivers or inlet

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Rainforest Paradise – Mouth of The Fraser River – Forest Fire Season – Barter – Inlet Echocardiogram – Lovers –Postcard Home From English Bay – Marpole … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Initials

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Soma reflects on her grandmother, and how the Holocaust impacted her family. 6 $0.60 Add
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Development Application

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Development Application #1 – The Aquarium Collector – Morph – Pacific Broadcast – Two –The Aquarium Collector #2 – Development Application #3: Forest of … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Person You Want to See

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While going through a break-up in her thirties, Soma becomes addicted to weightlifting and navigates public mourning on Facebook 26 $2.60 Add
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Pacific Standard Time

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Development Application #6 – The Bridges – How to Grow up in an Earthquake Zone – The Postcard Artist – Sighting on Davie Street – Seasonal Affective Disorder … 27 $2.70 Add
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Stories Like Birds

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This story is comprised of achronolgical vignettes of Soma’s life ranging from her childhood to her 30s. 12 $1.20 Add
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Invisible City

From: Vancouver For Beginners

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Wallpaper – Clock – November Tourniquet – The Fishermen – Gateway to the Pacific – Surveyor’s Map – Cities and the Dead – Monsoon Season Starts in … 23 $2.30 Add
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The Sandwich Artist

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Soma’s explores her relationship to childhood hunger after she gets a job as a Sandwich Artist at Subway. 18 $1.80 Add
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Alias

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Alias 3 $0.30 Add
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Stargazer

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In this story an omnisicent narrator speaks to Soma about her life and future. 2 $0.20 Add
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Who You Start With Is Who You Finish With

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The far-reaching impact and lasting reverberations of Soma’s family’s experience of the Holocaust scrapes up against the rise of Alt Right media. 48 $4.80 Add
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Self-Help Liturgy

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A friend’s suicide prompts a drinking game that takes mortality as its premise. 26 $2.60 Add
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Change Your Life Today

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As a child, Soma struggles to cope with her mother’s sorrow by becoming fixated on buying her a lamp for seasonal affective disorder. 20 $2.00 Add
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A Brief History of Eye Contact

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This story reflects on Soma’s life as a pursuit of intimacy. 5 $0.50 Add