All Things Personal
by Leslie Absherin 🏥 Health & Wellness
All Things Personal
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Journalist and author. Spy daughter. Open-water swimmer. Cancer survivor. I write about gratitude, my life's seasons, and feminist uprisings worldwide for Ms. magazine.
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About Leslie Absher
Author, journalist, spy daughter. My memoir Spy Daughter, Queer Girl was short-listed for Publishing Triangle's Judy Grahn Nonfiction Award. I write about swimming, surviving cancer, and all things personal.
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