Laura Selene Rockefeller
Laura Selene Rockefeller is a writer, actress, and first person historical interpreter based in Boston, MA. Her story "The Woman on the Point” was the 2021 winner of the 'LitMag' Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction. She has also published short stories in 'New Square' and 'Stork,' and articles in 'Brontë Studies' and 'The Revere Express.' "Clover," a play Laura co-wrote with Ty Hallmark, was produced by Ally Theatre Company. Under her stage name, Laura Rocklyn, Laura writes and performs one-woman historic character portrayals for educational groups, and she is an Associate Company Member at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and an Acting Troupe Member at History At Play. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College.
Works
Windows into Daily Life During the British Occupation of Boston
This is an article I wrote as the culmination of the research I was doing during my internship at The Paul Revere House Museum in Boston in the spring of 2020. Through close study of the letters and journals of two ordinary women with a talent for describing extraordinary events, my article examines the effects that the British Occupation of Boston had on daily life for families living in the city. It provides the point of view of one Patriot woman, and one Loyalist.
The Memory of Adelaide
The Little Brown Book
"THE PROFESSOR and the Search for Divine Guidance," Published in 'Brontë Studies: The Journal of the Brontë Society,' Volume 37, 2021 - Issue 4
"SHIRLEY and the Politics of Personal Faith," Published in 'Brontë Studies: The Journal of the Brontë Society,' Volume 32, 2007 - Issue 2
Awards and Recognition
- Laura Selene Rockefeller's story "The Woman on the Point" was the 2021 winner of the 'LitMag' Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction.
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Boston, MA
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Fiction & Literature, Entertainment & Culture, Children, Biography & History, Mystery & Crime, Essays