About
Laura Kenney (they/them) is a writer of poetry, nonfiction, and experimental texts; a film and digital photographer; and a conceptual artist. Occasionally, and only under the right light (specifically that purple hue of grow-lights), they can also become a slug. As such they must be handled with care.
Laura’s writing has been published in The Worcester Review, The Round, Ghost City Review, and elsewhere; and their lyric essay he/they/you/that/i: a testimony is the 2019 winner of the Frances Mason Harris ‘26 Prize. Their visual work and screenplays have been shown in Providence, RI, at the List Art Center, the Avon Cinema, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, and the David Winton Bell Gallery. Laura received their BA from Brown University, where they focused in cross-disciplinary writing, and their MFA in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. They are a first-generation college graduate.
In addition to their literary and artistic practices, Laura has also worked in the arts nonprofit sector as well as in higher education, including at Public Art Fund, VIA Art Fund, Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, and at the University of Pittsburgh’s Frick Fine Arts Library. They care deeply about education, productive uncertainty, and the careful cultivation of curiosity. More than anything though, they feel strange writing about themself in the third person, and are probably going to go lay down in the shower after this, turn on a purple lamp, and melt.