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Laura scalzo

Author of
American Arcadia (Regal House Publishing, 2023)
The Speed of Light in Air, Water, and Glass (One One Two Press, 2018)

Laura Scalzo is the author of The Speed of Light in Air, Water, and Glass and American Arcadia. Her short essays and fiction have appeared in various literary magazines including Had, Hobart, Ellipsis Zine, and Reflex Fiction. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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books by LAura

American Arcadia (Regal House Publishing, 2023)

New York City, 1985, the scaffolded and torchless Statue of Liberty is under reconstruction, the Twin Towers hum with money, and the clubs pulse with music. Young Wall Streeter, Mina Berg, and her roommate, Chry Risk, strike up friendships with the volatile Danny Nyro and easygoing Dare Fiore. Mina wants Chry’s family prestige, while Chry only wants to play the bass like Jaco Pastorius. Nyro trades on his father’s notoriety and Dare is keeping secrets. Each of these twenty-somethings attempts to rewrite their origin story as they find themselves knotted in the cross purposes of friendship and love, life and death.

 

The Speed of Light in Air, Water, and Glass (One One Two Press, 2018)

Black hole or exploding star? Julia's been wondering how it all ends up. In the meantime, she's making fractals and hiding in plain sight in Washington, D.C. As she helps Kal find a lost diary from the Secret War in Laos and Tomoka shows her a series of found paintings from Heian Japan, she learns that each of us has the power to write history.