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Laura Fisher

lives in Toronto, where she is an Assistant Professor of English at Ryerson University. Her research focuses on sites of literary sociality and social reform at the turn of the 20th century.

Essays & Reviews

Sparkle, Shirley, Sparkle!

By Laura FisherMarch 3, 2014
An orphaned moppet in pursuit of a daddy, a pet in search of a warm lap, no one is more a child than Shirley Temple losing value
Essays & Reviews

Minor Feelings

By Laura FisherJuly 1, 2013
While coverage of the riot grrrl movement inadvertently domesticated blunt female rage, Juliana Hatfield honed the critical edge of ambivalence
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