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Leslie Schwartz

Leslie Schwartz
Leslie Schwartz is the author of two literary novels, Jumping the Green, winner of the James Jones Literary Society Award for Best First Novel, and Angels Crest. In addition to her novels, Schwartz has published short stories, articles, essays and book reviews in The Los Angeles Times, Poets & Writers, Teachers & Writers, Sonora Review, and the online journal Narratively Speaking. A past president of the board of directors for PEN USA, she has taught writing at UCLA Extension, the University of Iowa’s Summer Writing Festival, Vroman’s Ed, and Homeboy Industries. Schwartz lives in Los Angeles.


The Books That Kept Me From Falling Apart in County Jail

Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou, Anthony Doerr, and More
July 17, 2018  By Leslie Schwartz
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