Laura (L.A.) Hawbaker is a writer and artist based in Chicago by way of New Orleans, Hawaii, Poland, Thailand and Prague. Her work has been exhibited in Chicago at the Bridgeport Art Gallery and Oak Park Art League, and she has sold art at the Frenchmen Art Market and Pirate’s Alley in New Orleans.

In addition to serving as a staff writer at PopMatters, her writing has appeared in Bright Wall/Dark Room, Showbear Family Circus, Allium Journal, The Fahmidan Journal, The Chicago Tribune, Time Out Chicago, HairTrigger, Cicada Magazine, and Newcity Magazine. She edits MASKS Lit Magazine and was the 2020-2021 Artist-in-Residence at Columbia College Chicago's Aesthetics of Research. ​

​lhawbaker@colum.edu
(312) 375-8852
​Pilsen / Chicago, IL
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