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Leighann Lord

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Leighann Lord is a veteran stand-up comedian, author, and podcaster.

She has written several humor books including: Dict Jokes: Alternate Definitions for Words You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Will Definitely Never Forget and Real Women Do It Standing Up: Stories From the Career of a Very Funny Lady, which has been called “Witty and unexpectedly vulnerable.” Both titles and more are available on Amazon.

Leighann was the creator of the weekly humor column, The Urban Erma, which was the longest running column in Stage Time Magazine. She has contributed to The Huffington Post and wrote for the pilot of The Chris Rock Show. She is the creator and host of the People with Parents podcast, where she shares personal stories about the role reversal ...more

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BLAME IT ON THE VALIUM: A VIEW FROM THE STIRRUPS

My uterus seems intent on making things.

It grew a bunch of fibroids which I had removed and a recent sonogram revealed two polyps. We, my doctors and I, decided to remove them with an out-patient procedure called a D&C: dilation and curettage.

At home the night before I had to vaginally insert four pills to relax my cervix. I usually just have a glass of wine, but ok. The next morning in the of Read more of this blog post »

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	Real Women Do it Standing Up: Stories from the Career of a Very Funny Lady 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Spanx Experiment: The Urban Erma's Best Posts of 2011 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leighann Lord's Dict Jokes (#1) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Wish Facebook Had a Hate Button: The Urban Erma's Best Humor Essays of 2012 (Leighann Lord is The Urban Erma 2) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happy Black Men: The Urban Erma's Best Humor Essays of 2013 (Leighann Lord is The Urban Erma Book 3) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real Women Do it Standing UP 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leighann Lord's Dict Jokes (#2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laughing Liberally: Letters to the American Voter by Justin Krebs (Editor), Leighann Lord (Goodreads Author), Lee Camp 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Laffmobb's We Got Next, Vol. 3 by Tobie Hixx, Leighann Lord (Goodreads Author), Brandon Broady 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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