Laura Gibson
Laura Gibson is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and writer born in Coquille, Oregon. She has performed on four continents and played NPR's first and 200th Tiny Desk Concerts. Her essay "The River Oblivion" appeared in Oregon Humanities Magazine in August 2022, drawing on her grandmother's memory loss. She earned an MFA in fiction from Hunter College and received MIT's 2020 McElheny Award for her Timber Wars podcast work.