LAURA DURNELL

ACM (Another Chicago Magazine), Chicago's Subnation, The Creative Woman, Chicago Artists' News, and Newcity

* “Bruised Paradise.” ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) 35 (1999): 242-244.
* “Breathe Something Nice.” ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) 35 (1999): 244-246.
* “Fathers, Sons, and Brothers.” ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) 34 (1998): 257-259.
* “Hole: Live Through This.” Chicago’s Subnation 2:9 (1994): 7.
* “Fire With Fire: The New Female Power and How It Will Change the 21st Century.” The Creative Woman 14.1 (1994): 49.
* “Caring for Your Art: A Guide for Artists, Collectors, Galleries, and Art Institutions, Third Edition.” Chicago Artists’ News Dec. 2002: 9.
* “Teaching from the Inside Out: The Eight-fold Path to Creative Teaching (and Living).” Chicago Artists’ News Jan. 2002: 7.
* “Luftwork, Doppelganger” Newcity 26 Sept. 2006: 14.
* “Conrad Freiburg, Slipping Glimpser” Newcity 26 Sept. 2006: 16.

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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