Leslie Anne Mcilroy

Author • Copywriter • Award-Winning Poet.

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    LGBTQIA,  Politics,  Social Justice

    YAH-HUH! #9 Libero

    So, each week when I try to write the YAH-HUH! Blog (9 weeks now, I think), I am trying to stay “on topic” — trying to stay true to the person who can’t really explain factually what is happening but…

    By Leslie Mcilroy May 7, 2025
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    environmentalism,  social conscience,  Social Justice

    YA-HUH #8 What’s Goin’ Down?

    Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash

    By Leslie Mcilroy April 20, 2025
  • Long shot of Hands Off rally in Shadyside PA 4/5/25
    Politics,  Social Justice

    YAH-HUH! #7 The Noise of It

    Be Quiet  — March for Our Lives, Washington DC, 2018 First published in Vox Populi, 2021   Where we went today, we went with the world. It was beautifully sad and the food was bad. The secret police wore shirts…

    By Leslie Mcilroy April 10, 2025
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    Art,  Social Justice

    Crochet Peace

    It occurs to me that my last post may have seemed a bit braggarty — is that a word? Like I was trying to boast about  how passionate I am about fighting injustice/inhumanity and to caring for all our small…

    By Leslie Mcilroy March 20, 2025

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Leslie Anne Mcilroy is a prize-winning poet, copywriter, and author from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where she lives with her son Silas. Her accolades include the 1997 Slipstream Poetry Chapbook Prize for Gravel, the 2001 Word Press Poetry Prize for her full-length collection Rare Space and the 1997 Chicago Literary Awards. Her third book Slag by Main Street Rag Publishing Company was runner-up to their 2014 Poetry Book Prize. She won the 2018 Gemini Flash Fiction contest for her piece, “The Old Point.” Leslie also was co-founder of HEArt — Human Equity through Art. 

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