I was 11 years old. I sat on the shag rug, elbows on the low wooden coffee table that took up most of the living room. I pushed aside the two heavy ashtrays, making room for the coins that I spilled from my pink piggy bank with its rubber stopper. I made stacks of ten, […]
Leslie Lisbona
Leslie Lisbona was featured in the Style section of The New York Times. She is the winner of the creative nonfiction prize at Bar Bar Magazine and has been nominated for Sundress Publications Best of the Net. She has been the Author Spotlight for In A Flash. Her work has appeared in numerous journals and magazines such as The Queens Review, Synchronized Chaos, JMWW, Smoky Blue Literary & Arts Magazine, and Welter. https://bebarbar.com/2025-barbes/ She is the child of immigrants from Beirut, Lebanon, and grew up in Queens, NY. You can find her online at https://leslielisbona.substack.com/