Laressa Dickey is an American writer based in Sweden. She’s the author of four books of poems, Bottomland , Roam, Syncopations, (from Shearsman Books) and Twang , as well as several chapbooks, including A Piece of Information About His Invisibility . She co-authored Radio Graveyard Orbit , together with sound artist, Andrea Steves, a speculative book about space junk. With Magdalena Freudenschuss, she’s written a series of feminist texts entitled: Re:assembling Emotional Labor: On the Politics of Care . Together with her partner Ali, she is creating an installation work for Bergen Assembly 2019 entitled How to Pass Time With No Reference , about their experiences inside/outside Turkish prison.