Laura Marshall
@jurassictart.bsky.social
mom to Rufus and Dolly Purrton. Hunter MFA, words in Slate, The Forge, Terrain, The Fourth River, Entropy, Salon, River Teeth, Appalachian Review, Raleigh Review, Reductress, & elsewhere
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Laura Marshall
@jurassictart.bsky.social
· May 19
“Will there be more than one ‘questioner’?
Will there be more than one ‘question’?
Will the loom hold taut the warp as the weft passes through?
Will a pattern emerge?
Will there be a witness to all we have said and done?” -Nick Lantz
Will there be more than one ‘question’?
Will the loom hold taut the warp as the weft passes through?
Will a pattern emerge?
Will there be a witness to all we have said and done?” -Nick Lantz
[opens Facebook during the holiday season, thanks the gods that I don't have any children, closes Facebook]
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
[opens Facebook during the holiday season, thanks the gods that I don't have any children, closes Facebook]
you think my surgical team will play juvenile as I'm put under? I want to go under the intro string plucks of back that azz up
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
you think my surgical team will play juvenile as I'm put under? I want to go under the intro string plucks of back that azz up
i turned to alice wong so much this year. what a loss.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i turned to alice wong so much this year. what a loss.
as someone who grew up in new orleans and has spent the past 18 years in new york... does anyone know what it's like to have a good mayor
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
as someone who grew up in new orleans and has spent the past 18 years in new york... does anyone know what it's like to have a good mayor
Finished chemo yesterday, Mamdani wins today, LFGGGGGGGG
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Finished chemo yesterday, Mamdani wins today, LFGGGGGGGG
who knew n@z!s would so closely resemble the goon villains in a movie whose hero is a golden retriever who plays sports
NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
www.nbcnews.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
who knew n@z!s would so closely resemble the goon villains in a movie whose hero is a golden retriever who plays sports
Reposted by Laura Marshall
If Isaac Chotiner ever said to me “I’m just still trying to understand,” I’d jump out the nearest window.
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said to me “I’m just still trying to understand,” I’d jump out the nearest window.
cancer is so fkng tedious I am so tired of going to appointments and I miss being pretty
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
cancer is so fkng tedious I am so tired of going to appointments and I miss being pretty
every time i go in for chemo I am asked if I've had an exposure to measles and I'm like lol?? probably at this point??
The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
www.nbcnews.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
every time i go in for chemo I am asked if I've had an exposure to measles and I'm like lol?? probably at this point??
Come listen to me and some pals read at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn tomorrow at 7 to celebrate the fact that I have less than a month left of working full time through chemo!
October 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Come listen to me and some pals read at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn tomorrow at 7 to celebrate the fact that I have less than a month left of working full time through chemo!
Have you ever tried to bake and gotten cocoa powder all over your dog? No? Cool me neither
October 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Have you ever tried to bake and gotten cocoa powder all over your dog? No? Cool me neither
few things more humbling to a writer than GoogleDoc's default font of Arial
September 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
few things more humbling to a writer than GoogleDoc's default font of Arial
male friend asked me who Eve Babitz is and I said “Bret Easton Ellis for girls”
September 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
male friend asked me who Eve Babitz is and I said “Bret Easton Ellis for girls”
today at Rockaway Beach I had to chase down a seagull after it rifled through someone's unattended bag and flew away with their wallet
August 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
today at Rockaway Beach I had to chase down a seagull after it rifled through someone's unattended bag and flew away with their wallet
Not me turning into my mother by asking “why is someone wearing a tshirt at the Carlyle”
August 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Not me turning into my mother by asking “why is someone wearing a tshirt at the Carlyle”
i just tried to make pancakes with protein powder and am here to tell you there's more to life than this and you should move on from considering such a thing
August 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
i just tried to make pancakes with protein powder and am here to tell you there's more to life than this and you should move on from considering such a thing
the target treatment that is giving me a chance of being alive in 5 years was only developed in 2005, when i was in high school
whatever cancer you will inevitably have in 10, 20, 30 years depends entirely on what is happening right now
whatever cancer you will inevitably have in 10, 20, 30 years depends entirely on what is happening right now
A funding line of 4% at NCI will have the effect of killing innovation in cancer research. In fact, it may destroy cancer research in the U.S. altogether.
Russell Vought said this is all “fun” to him, so that’s who you can thank when a loved one can’t access cutting edge cancer treatment.
Russell Vought said this is all “fun” to him, so that’s who you can thank when a loved one can’t access cutting edge cancer treatment.
Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget
NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
the target treatment that is giving me a chance of being alive in 5 years was only developed in 2005, when i was in high school
whatever cancer you will inevitably have in 10, 20, 30 years depends entirely on what is happening right now
whatever cancer you will inevitably have in 10, 20, 30 years depends entirely on what is happening right now
i have been of course horrified by all aspects of this genocide, but the mechanics of starvation described here literally make me ashamed to be human
Past ‘The Point Of No Return’: Doctor Describes How Starvation In Gaza Is Driving Mass Death
"In August and September, there are probably still going to be ... large numbers of deaths because children have already passed the tipping point," Mark Brauner, who volunteered in Gaza last month, to...
www.huffpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
i have been of course horrified by all aspects of this genocide, but the mechanics of starvation described here literally make me ashamed to be human
every time someone tells me "you're handling this SO well" re: cancer I've invariably just said something to a hospital administrator that has probably landed me on a government watch list
July 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
every time someone tells me "you're handling this SO well" re: cancer I've invariably just said something to a hospital administrator that has probably landed me on a government watch list
Instagram is so hellbent on showing me ways to make “ice cream” from a banana as if I could ever believe it was anything other than mashed banana prepared for a 6 month old. How do I tell the algorithm that I am capable of chewing
June 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Instagram is so hellbent on showing me ways to make “ice cream” from a banana as if I could ever believe it was anything other than mashed banana prepared for a 6 month old. How do I tell the algorithm that I am capable of chewing
bad day to have a human body but a GREAT day to have voted for Zohran Mamdani
chemo round 1 of 16 done
one week ago I was doing this; I feel like if I could do this at one point then my body can maybe, just maybe, tolerate the next 15
one week ago I was doing this; I feel like if I could do this at one point then my body can maybe, just maybe, tolerate the next 15
June 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
bad day to have a human body but a GREAT day to have voted for Zohran Mamdani
chemo round 1 of 16 done
one week ago I was doing this; I feel like if I could do this at one point then my body can maybe, just maybe, tolerate the next 15
one week ago I was doing this; I feel like if I could do this at one point then my body can maybe, just maybe, tolerate the next 15
June 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
chemo round 1 of 16 done
one week ago I was doing this; I feel like if I could do this at one point then my body can maybe, just maybe, tolerate the next 15
one week ago I was doing this; I feel like if I could do this at one point then my body can maybe, just maybe, tolerate the next 15
a great way to not think about politics is to get diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in your mid 30s
Anyway I got my eyebrows microbladed ahead of doing chemo and now I keep catching myself in the mirror wondering who that Jonas brother is
good vibes welcome
Anyway I got my eyebrows microbladed ahead of doing chemo and now I keep catching myself in the mirror wondering who that Jonas brother is
good vibes welcome
June 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
a great way to not think about politics is to get diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in your mid 30s
Anyway I got my eyebrows microbladed ahead of doing chemo and now I keep catching myself in the mirror wondering who that Jonas brother is
good vibes welcome
Anyway I got my eyebrows microbladed ahead of doing chemo and now I keep catching myself in the mirror wondering who that Jonas brother is
good vibes welcome
"I was not lonely/online alone with myself/begging myself not to leave my own body/but I am leaving...How do you say goodbye to yourself?"- Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl
May 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"I was not lonely/online alone with myself/begging myself not to leave my own body/but I am leaving...How do you say goodbye to yourself?"- Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl