A Reading List for Laura

by Chris Arthur

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This piece is part of our Winter 2023 print issue, available for purchase here.

Chris Arthur

Chris Arthur is a Northern Irish writer currently based in Scotland. He’s author of several
essay collections, most recently Hidden Cargoes (2022), and has published in a range of
journals. His awards include the Akegarasu Haya International Essay Prize and
the Sewanee Review’s Monroe K. Spears Essay Prize. His work has appeared in The
Best American Essays and is often included in that series’ ‘Notable Essays’ lists. His
new collection, What is it Like to be Alive? Fourteen Attempts at an Answer will be
published in September. For further information about his writing
see: www.chrisarthur.org.

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