Laura Minor is the recipient of the 2016 Emerging Writers Spotlight Award at Florida State University, chosen by D.A. Powell. Her poetry has most recently appeared in O: JA&L, Fantastic Floridas (Burrow St. Press), Berfrois, Queen Mob's Tea House, Hobart, and Spring Gun Press. She was a Teacher’s College Fellow at Columbia University, the recipient of the Sarah Lawrence Poetry Award, where she received her MFA in poetry. She is also currently working on a third record (forthcoming) while she finishes her debut book of poems as a doctoral candidate in poetry at Florida State University.

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