About
Laura Scalzo is the author of two novels, The Speed of Light in Air, Water, and Glass (2018, One One Two Press), praised as “lyrical and insightful,” and American Arcadia (2023, Regal House),“a gorgeous riff of a New York City novel.” Her shorter work has appeared in various literary magazines including Had, Ellipsis Zine, Reflex Fiction, and the Grace & Gravity Series. She was a 2023 Chautauqua Writer-in-Residence and is a 2024 and 2025 recipient of a DC Arts Grant. She is a graduate of Syracuse University.
Featured Work
AMERICAN ARCADIA
Two young women out to seek their fortunes in 1985 New York City, one in the upper reaches of the World Trade Center, the other in the bass lines of Jaco Pastorius; a lyrical story that rushes along, under, and over, the city's bridges and tunnels.
