Laura Laffrado
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WWU’s Laura Laffrado Wins 2018 SSAWW Award for New Book | 2018-12-03 | ||
A Western Washington University professor works to ‘recover’ the legacy of Ella Rhoads Higginson | “TWELVE LINEAR FEET.” For nonhistorians, these would have been mostly empty words: meaningless descriptors denoting, literally, the physical shelf space consumed by an archival collection. For Laura Laffrado, they were four full yards of Oh My God. |
2018-06-22 | |
Belated obituary: Ella Rhoads Higginson, 1862(?)-1940, pioneer author of Pacific Northwest literature | You’ve likely never heard of the pioneer-era author who was our first Poet Laureate — but her literary legacy is re-emerging with resonance. |
2018-06-22 | |
Fundraising Campaign for Bust of PNW Author Ella Higginson a Success | 2018-05-29 | ||
WWU student group to host local journalists, city members for panel discussion on naming of public memorials | 2018-01-24 | ||
Through the lens of time: Kim Cunningham reflects on Bellingham’s history | 2016-03-17 | ||
Princesses write their own endings in Seattle author’s book | New books by Seattle-area authors include a fantasy of fairy-tale princesses in the modern world, and the story of Ella Higginson, a writer who helped introduce the Pacific Northwest to readers across the country. |
2015-07-22 | |
Western Professor Laura Laffrado Authors New Book: ‘Selected Writings of Ella Higginson: Inventing Pacific Northwest Literature’ | 2015-06-30 | ||
Professor Laura Laffrado bringing NW writer Ella Higginson back to public spotlight | Ella Rhoads Higginson, one of the first prominent literary authors from the Northwest, has been largely forgotten as a key American writer. Higginson, who lived much of her adult life in Bellingham, was celebrated for her award-winning fiction, her lyric poetry, which was set to music and… |
2015-03-11 | |
Laffrado has article published in 'Legacy' journal of American women writers | 2015-01-06 |