Laurie Filipelli is the author of GIRL PAPER STONE (Black Lawrence Press, 2018) and ELSEPLACE (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2013). Her essays and poems have appeared at apt magazine, Boaat, The Pinch, The Rumpus, Salamander, So and So, Superstition Review, Xavier Review and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Yaddo fellowship and lives in Austin where she works as a writer, editor, and writing coach.