The Poet and the Poem
2023-24 Series
photo by Linda Joy Burke
Featured Laura Shovan
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Laura Shovan is an author, educator, and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet. Her chapbook, Mountain, Log, Salt, and Stone won the inaugural Harriss Poetry Prize. Her work appears in journals and anthologies for children and adults. Laura's award-winning middle grade novels include The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, Takedown, and the Sydney Taylor Notable A Place at the Table, co-written with Saadia Faruqi. Laura is a longtime poet-in-the-schools for the Maryland State Arts Council. She serves on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts' MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Her poetry collection for kids is Welcome to Monsterville, illustrated by poet Michael Rothenberg.