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/