Split Jawed
co-authed with Michael Russell
Collusion Books
February 2026
ISBN: 978-1-998770-03-8
One night in an early aughts chatroom, two friends navigate the crisscross of disability, the (fat) body, sexuality, and queerness.
taliped
845 Press
October 2023
ISBN: 978-1-989668-36-8
taliped is a long, erasure poem (in situ) that uses as its source text Randolph Bourne’s essay, originally titled “The Handicapped—By One of Them,” first published anonymously in 1911 in The Atlantic Monthly.
"taliped is prismatic as it explores disability through multiple angles. There’s strength, courage, shame, guilt, sadness, joy—every facet of human emotion as the speaker says “I / fight / to / overcome / weakness”.
- Michael Russell, Miramichi Reader
The Pickle in Grandma's Fridge
YNWP
May 2022
ISBN: 978-1-988783-85-7
What happens when fridge food turns fuzzy? Find out in this delightful children's picture book about a pickle that's been in the fridge so long it's grown legs!
Laird’s vivid illustrations will capture the attention of readers young and old, and clear language makes reading along both easy and fun."
- Cindy Wilson, SaskBooks Reviews
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