Category: Writing
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“AI Robot Barbie Sues Disney” from THE LOST BOOK OF ZEROTH
In The Lost Book of Zeroth, I created AI Robot Barbie, who is an antagonist to AI Robot Sophia’s sister, Little Sophia. (Because Sophia was unable to conceive a robot baby, she was given a little sister instead. Why her sister has the same name is a mystery.) Little Sophia…
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“My Mother Couldn’t Nurse Me” from The Lost Book of Zeroth
The Lost Book of Zeroth was inspired by a news story that Hanson Robotics’ famous humanoid AI robot Sophia wanted to have a baby. Obviously her desire to be a mother was a media stunt to give the illusion that Sophia is sentient. I considered how she could realize her…
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The Lost Book of Zeroth debuts on Feb 13, 2025!
I’m excited and delighted to announce that my satirical and irreverent speculative collection of poems and stories about humanoid AI robots caught up in the fraught human condition of our modern times will launch on Amazon in paperback form on February 13, 2025! Stay tuned for the link! I am…
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Little Squirrel Thanks You! 🐿️
My poem “A Squirrel’s Front Teeth Never Stop Growing” won the honor of Publication of the Year 2024 on Spillwords! I was gobsmacked because the competition was stiff. Spillwords features amazing writers and poets, and I’m fortunate to have publications there. Thank you, Dagmara K! Thank you, friends, so much…
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A Busy Time!
I am so grateful for some recent publications. Lothlorien Poetry Journal published three poems, which happen to be from my book, Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir. Mother’s Light”, “Bearing the World,” and “Ode to the Embryo that My T-Shaped Uterus Miscarried”. Thank you, Editor Strider Marcus Jones! https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/search?q=Three+Poems+by+Barbara+Leonhard Chewers by…
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FEED THE HOLY Submission Call
I have my own literary eZine called FEED THE HOLY. In this post, I explain all about it and there is a submission call. I hope you submit! https://feedthehol.blogspot.com/2024/11/feed-holy-submission-call.html
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In the Midst of Hate….
Since the 2024 election results, I’ve been grieving about how divided our country is and how misled by fear we are. I’m sorting through my emotions, looking for hope. I cannot tolerate the Trump policies. I don’t want to summarize them here because I am certain you are informed. In…
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“You’re the Cream in My Cadaver” is up on Chewers!
Thank you, Nolcha Fox, for publishing this Rengay poem by the Rengay Ladies!!
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World Alzheimer’s Day- September 21
When I told my uncle that Mom was moving close to me so that I could help her as she had health issues, my uncle asked me, “Do you love your mother?” His question sent me into a tailspin. I sought grief therapy to dig into the key life events…
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”Mother’s Light” and other poems about fertility and infertility up on SINDH COURIER
Thank you, Angela Kosta, for inviting me to submit more poems! These poems are from my book Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir, which is available on Amazon and other online venues and some bookstores. The poem, “Mother’s Light” first appeared in Anti-Heroin Chic by editor James Diaz. The poems I…
Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver 