LAURA DURNELL

Welcome

Photo credit: Debbie Carlson, 1995
On my site you can access samples of my fiction as well as some samples of my non-fiction, check out my biography and cirriculum vitae, and donate to my fiscal sponsorship.

I have also included links to some notable issues, organizations, universities I have attended, a university and its schools I am currently teaching at, and to the web sites of my fellow arty friends.

My blog.
My MySpace profile.
My Facebook profile.
Contact Me.
Donate to my fiscal sponsorship fund through Fractured Atlas.

Separation is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Tax-deductible contributions on behalf of Separation may be made payable to Fractured Atlas.
DONATE TO THE MICHAEL J. MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATIONAll monies from Leave's final album On a Happy Note (now available) will be going directly into the scholarship fund for young and promising young musicians.
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U.S. MAIL DONATIONS TO THE MICHAEL J. MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION:

The Michael J. Murphy Scholarship Foundation
11665 Rogowski Drive
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Selected Works

Fiction
Needs
Originally appeared in ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) in 2000. The journal mistakenly listed it as creative non-fiction in ACM. My dad is happy to hear that this narrative is fiction. Click on link to read.
Regina Leigh
Originally published in Room of One's Own in 2000. Placed third in Playboy's 1998 College Fiction Contest. Click on link to read.
Magazine and Newspaper Articles
The Times of Northwest Indiana
List of feature articles originally published in The Times of Northwest Indiana and links to read five of those articles.
Chicago Artists' News, Lake Shore Drive, The Creative Woman, and Trends in College Media
Click on link to view list of published articles.
Time
Click on the links to read the feature brites I wrote as an editorial intern.
Chicago Review
This originally appeared in the Chicago Review. Click on link to read.
Book, Music, and Art Reviews
ACM (Another Chicago Magazine), Chicago's Subnation, The Creative Woman, Chicago Artists' News, and Newcity
List of reviews. Click on link.
Book reviews
Book magazine
List of published reviews.
Essays
Facts on File Companion to the American Novel
Click on the PDFs to read my essays that appear in the Facts on File Companion to American Novel. Clinck on the link to order the book. This title can also be ordered by clicking on the image and link on my main page.
Awards, Grants, and Honors
Awards, Grants, and Honors
Listing of various awards for my writing and teaching.

LINKS TO MAKE YOU THINK

Save Darfur
RAINN (Rape Abuse and Incest National Network)
An Inconvient Truth
Go Zero
Stop Whaling.Org
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
International Foundation for Animal Welfare
ASPCA
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The Myelin Project
Chicago Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor
Literacy Chicago
Fractured Atlas
Money for Art
Authors Guild
Cher Underwood
(A Fabulous Knitter and Friend)
Leave
(A Fabulous Band and Bunch of Friends)
T.E. Russell
(A Fabulous Actor and Friend)
Erica Jong
(A Fabulous Poet, Writer, Woman, and Friend)
Narrative Magazine
Saint Peter's Church in the Loop
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA in Writing Program
Eastern Illinois University Journalism Department
Casa Italiana
DePaul University Department of English
School for New Learning at DePaul University
Laura Pausini
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My First Book (Well, Sort Of)


Facts on File Companion to the American Novel Click on the link in Selected Works to check out the list of my essays in this reference. Click on the image or link to order copies for your home or library.