Leslie Palleson
The School of Creative Writing is pleased to congratulate Leslie Palleson, MFA. Leslie‘s thesis is an interconnected collection of stories and novella entitled The Apron and other stories.
Leslie Palleson came to the program with the goal of perfecting years (okay – decades) of developing the craft of writing and has been delighted to work alongside a cornucopia of talented writers and faculty. While in the program, she has published several stories in journals such as TNQ, Dalhousie Review, subTerrain, Event, Antigonish Review, filling station, won multiple writing awards, as well as scholarships, provided reviews and interviews for Prism Online, read for Prism literary journal, and acted as teaching assistant for the same undergraduate writing courses so many times she lost count.
The Apron and other stories in an interconnected collection that satirizes the lives of smart funny middle-class women who live, or want to live, on a privileged family-friendly cul-de-sac. Dark humour permeates as these women navigate divorce, smart ass kids, narcissists, and so much lost potential. Sometimes based in realism and at other times unfurling into speculative, these women struggle to make sense of their lives, butting up against contemporary myths like gender equality and the North American dream, sacrificing their own dreams to maintain family harmony and blaming themselves for not being able to do better. Still, they persevere.
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