Love in the Age of Virtual Memory

Laura D. Weeks is a recovering academic who moved West and moved on. Originally a Slavist with a Ph.D. from Stanford University, she has turned her hand to a variety of diverse pursuits: translating, editing, and running a piano studio, Weeks’ Wunderkinder.

Her translations (scholarly and literary) have appeared in Russian Literature Triquarterly, The Literary Review, South Central Review, and the new renaissance. She coedited and translated for the anthology Crossing Centuries: The New Generation in Russian Poetry (Talisman House Press, 2000). She coedited The Great Uncluttering: The Collected Poetry of Carolyn Moore (PCC Panther Press, 2022).

Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including the Atlanta Review, Claudius Speaks, The Comstock Review, Journal of Kentucky Studies, Passager, Pegasus, The MacGuffin, Mudfish, Nimrod, the new renaissance, and the Worcester Review. It has also been anthologized in All We Can Hold (Sage Hill Press, 2016). She has been a finalist/semi-finalist for the Rash Award, the Zero Bone Competition, and the Muse Poetry Competition. She is the author of two chapbooks, Deaf Man Talking and The Mad Woman.

Paperback: 104 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (February 14, 2026)