Laura Nejako: "I am funny on paper, and I might not have a name, but this is my way of making my name."

For those of you who have followed the PERF journey from the beginning, you might recognize Laura’s name from either my back cover blurbs or the launch party Q&A. Since we graduated from our creative writing masters in 2019, we have sent each other first drafts and almost made our own literary magazine. We always sought legitimacy, either in our revisions or plans to Write, which we ultimately had to grant ourselves.

Now, Laura is in the pre-sale campaign for her own collection of humor essays, L...