Leslie Stephens | Substack

Leslie Stephens

I'm a Portland-based writer and editor, by way of Food52 and cupcakes and cashmere. Obsessively questioning how to live a more intentional, meaning-filled life. My debut novel, YOU'RE SAFE HERE, was released in 2024 with Scout Press.

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Issue #252: My Relationship with Psychedelics (and Answers to Your Most-Asked Questions)

At a certain point, I decided to stop trying to write to the narrative people have around me, and just share honestly! This (wildly honest, probably too transparent??) AMA is evidence of that.

Sunday Edition: Some Really Big Things (!) Are Happening

Couldn’t dream of better place to be writing this week’s Substack from—listening to jazz, in the midst of a thunderstorm, camped at a lake in Montana.