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OK, so it's mid-April and snowing outside but that's nothing new for this Midwesterner and certainly not going to bring me down from how excited I am over today's visit to my alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison! I'll be speaking tonight to about 1,200 women (mostly sorority members and all of the female athletes) about body image, self-esteem and my book. I frigging cannot wait. So many memories...from the bus trip up there (my car...well, how can I put this nicely? It's a broke-down piece of doo-doo) to walking down State Street and taking in the sites of coffee houses and cute little clothing stores to spending time in my sorority house. Go Delta Gamma! (Did I just e-scream that!?) This will be the best way I could ever imagine to wrap up a semester's worth of college tours.

I'll also get to see my friend Trish - yes, from the book - and her 2-week-old baby girl, Maya. More on that later, I'm sure.

Will keep you posted. Until then, ON WISCONSIN!

xo,
Leslie

April 11, 2007 at 09:55am | Permalink | Comments (7)

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in your sorority house?! how old are you?

Posted by peaches on April 11 at 03:28pm

Hi Leslie!
Please read a poem I posted on your blog--the blog entry entitled "Aging Gracefully". My poem is called "I've Aged". Please let me know what you think. Thank you!

Posted by A_Muslim_Poet on April 12 at 12:53am

i hope your speaking engagement at UW-Madison went well! i'm eager to hear about it (if you decide to blog on it).

Posted by bridget on April 12 at 12:20pm

The "Aging Gracefully" poem is gorgeous. I love:

I've aged, aged so gracefully
I've lived life--so gratefully
I feel strong--so wholly strong
I've longed to feel this way so long

What a positive mantra to live by! I trilled that you are sharing your insight and art with everyone here.

Posted by Leslie on April 12 at 02:04pm

Thanks, Leslie! I'm happy that you are sharing your gift of reaching out to women through your writing, too.

Posted by A_Muslim_Poet on April 12 at 03:53pm

Hmm...never heard of the books, but I will check them out. I am glad that you are speaking to college age women about body issue. (at least that is what I get from the post; that you're touring for the book.) Have fun.

Posted by dawn on April 12 at 09:24pm

Interesting that you speak of body image and I do not see one overweight girl at UW Delta Gamma House

Posted by Patti on October 22 at 07:52am

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