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Laura Roque

Laura Roque

Laura Roque is the daughter of Cuban political exiles and was raised in Hialeah, Florida. She graduated from the University of Florida in 2014 and earned her MFA at Florida State University in 2017. She was honorably mentioned by Glimmer Train, 2016, and was first runner-up for FSU’s Creative Writing Spotlight Award in 2017.

Jan/Feb 2019

Dientes for Dentures

By Laura Roque

2018 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest Winner Read a micro-conversation with the author here. Abuela would never scream my name. Not even when I was being an eleven-year-old descarada, strutting […]

Laura Roque

Laura Roque is the daughter of Cuban political exiles and was raised in Hialeah, Florida. She graduated from the University of Florida in 2014 and earned her MFA at Florida […]