Nonfiction
Fiction
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Storytelling
"The Arrest"
Chicagoans come together for a mix of hilarious and heart-breaking stories at this intimate evening in the back room of Murphy & Son's Irish Bistro. Laura regales the audience with "The Arrest," a story about how the worst night of her life turned out to be her best.
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"Water Polo"
Storytellers and musicians come together to celebrate the creativity and diverse voices of the Chicago community at local micro-brewery the On Tour Brewing Company. In "Water Polo," Laura recalls her ex-boyfriend: a water polo player with a swift kick.
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"Leona Woods Marshall"
The historic Hideout presents Chicago heroines on the peripheries of history. "Leona Woods Marshall" pays homage to the overlooked physicist who was the only woman present at the creation of the world’s first nuclear chain reaction. (A portion of ticket sales go to the Chicago Women's Health Center.)
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"Another Evil Bathtub"
Back to Print
"10th Annual Jubilee" Reading & Zine Release February 2, 2020 Celebrating 10 years of independent publishing in Chicago back in the back room of Logan Square's favorite local color hangout spot, Cole's Pub. In "Another Evil Bathtub," Laura analyzes bathroom tropes and how the horror genre stokes fear of the everyday and mundane.
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"Myriad"
Back to Print
"11th Annual Jubilee" Reading & Zine Release February 7, 2021 Back to Print goes digital! In the year of the COVID pandemic, writers and poets come together over Zoom to celebrate (with some irony) Back to Print's year of analogue publications. Laura revisits an essay about her least favorite word: myriad. "The only reason you use the word myriad is to show everyone you know the word myriad."
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