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Laura Speaks At Ohlone College
On April 28, 2025, Laura was invited to give a special talk at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. She was a guest speaker in the Genders, Sexualities, and Ethnicities Lecture Series, an event co-sponsored by the Genders and Sexualities Alliance and the Lytton Center for History and the Public Good. Hosted by Professor August Hu […]
Laura At Treefort Festival 2025
We’re delighted to announce that Laura has been invited to headline Storyfort – the literary branch of this year’s Treefort Festival in Boise, Idaho. She will be a featured guest at three different events. The first is at Storyfort on Friday, March 28, 5–7 PM MDT at This Is The Place, Volume 3 (Night Two). […]
Laura Speaks With Mona Awad and Kate Flannery!
We’re delighted to present these two videos of Laura in conversation with two authors, which were held at San Francisco bookstores. At Booksmith, Laura had an engaging talk with acclaimed novelist Mona Awad; at Green Apple Books, she had a lively discussion with memoirist Kate Flannery. Mona Awad was proclaimed by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s […]
Laura’s Speaking Engagements In NYC And SF!
Laura will be taking part in three exciting speaking engagements over the next four weeks! The first takes place at Manhattan’s Village Works, 12 St. Marks Place, as part of the NYC Authors Reading Series, on Wednesday April 24 at 7 PM. Laura will be reading an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir. Joining her will […]
20 Years Ago!
“LeRoy’s The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things could be described as the literary equivalent of ‘Teen Spirit.’” So wrote Peter Murphy in a memorable piece for Hot Press in 2004, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of Nirvana’s final concert. He interviewed Butch Vig, who produced not only Nirvana’s smash-hit album Nevermind (1991) but also […]
Laura Reads from Her New Book!
On November 1, 2023, Laura celebrated her birthday a day early by attending the “Hidden Palace” literary series at Fadensonnen in Baltimore and sharing an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir. And we have a special video of that moment for you! Here is Laura reading the chapter “Sweet November”: