Laura Sweeney

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Peer-Reviewed Poems

  • “Whatever Happened to Travel Girl,” and “Jargon.” I-70 Review (forthcoming.)
  • “There Are Days Now/Here.” Constellations (forthcoming.)
  • “After the Vet’s Diagnosis,” and “When I Move from This House.” North Dakota Quarterly (forthcoming.)
  • “Windshield Time.” Plainsongs, Winter 2023, p. 34.
  • "Last Night of Dinner at the Writer's in Common Conference." Evening Street Review, Issue 37, Spring 2023, p. 279.
  • “At Storm Lake’s Star Spangled Spectacular,” and “In Lockdown I am Grateful For.” Journal of Poetry Therapy, 36(1), 2023, pp.88-89.
  • "Ode for the Virtual Communities," and "Yodel for my Brother." Poetry Virginia, 2022.
  • “Ghazal: In the Liminal,” “On Becoming a Woman Writer,” and “I Am Toni Jo Henry.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, 2022, pp.148-150.
  • “How to Know You’re Doing Fine.” Poetry South, Issue 13, 2021, p. 39.
  • “How to Survive Being a Tax Gal (When You Really Wannabe a Poet).” I-70 Review, Summer/Fall, 2021.
  • “At the Madison County Covered Bridge Festival.” Plainsongs, vol. 41, no. 2, Summer 2021, p. 26.
  • “Jesse’s Letter to America,” “How to Cope with a Dr. Queen B.,” and “Miss Laura Considers No Longer Being a Protest Virgin.” Adanna, Women and Politics, 2021.
  • “I’m Not Normally a Sign Girl (II).” descant, vol. 59, 2020, p.74.
  • “When My Students Ask Me to Explain an Anecdote.” Main Street Rag, vol. 25, no. 1, Summer 2020, p.86.
  • “Five Research Analysts,” and “Prayer for the Precariat.” WSQ, vol. 47, no. 3&4, Fall/Winter 2019, p. 315-316.
  • “You Are Not the God-Father.” Qwerty, Fall-Winter 2019, p. 153.
  • “At Your Cancer Recheck I Consider.” Harpur Palate, vol. 19, no. 1, Fall 2019, p.86.
  • “Before I Knew Our Future.” Potomac Review, Issue #64, Spring 2019, p.38.
  • “Broken October.” Appalachia, Winter/Spring 2019, p.157.
  • “The Tarot Didn’t Foretell Winter.” Pilgrimage, vol. 42, no. 1, 2019, p. 82.
  • “Delight Song from the Heartland.” Midwest Review, Issue 5, 2017, p. 37.
  • “Date of Accident.” The Body in D(ist)ress, special issue of Negative Capability, vol. 34, 2016, p.55.
  • “Binder Women,” and “My Epitaph Will Read.” Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 31, no. 1,2, Fall/Winter 2015, p. 85, 94.
  • “Blue Heron Morning.” Appalachia, Summer/Fall 2015, p. 117.
  • “Why I Enrolled in Graduate School.” Evening Street Review, no. 12, Spring 2015, p.83.
  • “The Sojourner.” The Journal of Poetry Therapy, vol. 27, no. 4, Dec. 2014, p. 225.
  • “The Butterfly Project.” Poetica Magazine, Summer 2014, p. 25.
  • “Worker Bees.” Pilgrimage, vol. 38, Issue 1, 2014, p.14.

Peer-Reviewed Creative Nonfiction

  • “Beginner’s Guide to Righting/Writing Disability Drag.” Open Minds Quarterly (forthcoming.)
  • "On Mom & Ghosts." Door is a Jar, Issue 25, Winter 2022.
  • "How to Have a Throwing Away Party." Impost: A Journal of Creative and Critical Work, vol. 16, Fall 2022, p.42.
  • “Something Like This.” Rock & Sling, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring 2019, p.29.