Readings at Parkside:
Laura Henriksen
The Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston Street
New York City
Sunday, April 7th, 5pm
Laura Henriksen’s first book, Laura’s Desires, was recently published by Nightboat Books; an excerpt is available as a chaplet from Belladonna*. Her writing can be found in LitHub, Newest York, and other places. She lives in Sunset Park, Lenapehoking, teaches writing at Pratt Institute, and works as the Program Director of The Poetry Project.
Laura’s Desires is a diptych of two formally distinct long poems, each approaching various pop-cultural artifacts as a way to engage with longing and vulnerability. From hit ’90s singles like Selena’s Dreaming of You to heroines of cult classic TV and films (Laura Palmer and Variety’s Christine), this dynamic collection looks to these iconic touchstones as sites for feminist analysis and intervention. Traveling through dreamscapes, fantasy, and the quotidian, Laura’s Desires forges a path away from fear and shame, guiding us towards liberation.
Photo by Tess Bolsover
