Laura Henriksen

Laura Henriksen is the author of Laura’s Desires (Nightboat, 2024) and Duvall, Shelley (Newest York, 2025). Her writing can be found in LitHub, The Brooklyn Rail, and other places. She worked for many years as the Program Director of the Poetry Project.

MA in Liberal Studies, with a focus on American Studies & Gender Studies, CUNY Graduate Center, 2019
BFA, Writing, Pratt Institute, 2012

Laura’s Desires, Nightboat, forthcoming 2024
excerpt from Laura’s Desires, Belladonna*, 2021 (https://www.belladonnaseries.org/chaplets/p/274-laura-henriksen-from-lauras-desires?rq=laura%20henriksen)