News & Appearances

On January 22, 2023, Laura spoke with actor/photographer Brooke Smith at the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library, in celebration of Smith’s book Sunday Matinee, an extensive photo documentation of the New York City Hardcore scene of the 1980s. This event was part of a series that brings together “acclaimed female authors” (San […]

Laura had the honor of serving as a judge for Diane Pernet’s ASVOFF 14. Katia Kulawick-Assante and Laura present the award for Best Acting to Olivia Wilde for the film ALGORITHM by Matthew Frost: So many cutting-edge fashion innovators were present for ASVOF 14. Here’s Laura with two of them:           […]

On September 21, 1897, the New York newspaper The Sun wrote its world-famous editorial, entitled “Is There a Santa Claus?” Editor Francis P. Church was responding to a letter from Virginia O’Hanlon, which read: “Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, ‘If […]

We’re happy to announce the beginning of a new series on our website: a page called “Lit’erally Series.” Laura Albert will be speaking with an international range of activist creators, and sharing excerpts of their conversations as videos; each new video will be accompanied by an introduction written by Laura. The first talk to be […]

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jaime Wyatt got together with Laura for this heart-to-heart video talk about getting through the holidays sober, abstinent, and clean. The honesty they share helps in getting through the rest of the year too…

ACTOR WINSOME BROWN You all know Winsome Brown not just as the Obie-award-winning stage actor, the powerhouse performer in such series as Supergirl, Elementary, Heights, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and notable films like Paul Greengrass’s News of the World with Tom Hanks, but also for her extraordinary work reading the novel SARAH for its […]