LAURA KALPAKIAN
UNDESIRABLE DISCHARGE From the Armed Forces of the United States of America
OCTOBER 20, 5:30PM

Laura has won a Pushcart Prize, the PEN West Award, an NEA Fellowship, the Anahid Award for an American writer of Armenian ancestry, and a Gold Medal in the Independent Press Awards for Memory Into Memoir (University of New Mexico Press, 2021).

More info at Laura’s website, including back stories and a playlist of music to accompany the book: LauraKalpakian.com