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Laura Apol [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Lyons, MI
Michigan US
Email: 
lauraapol@gmail.com
Bio: 

Laura Apol is the author of five full-length collections of poetry, most recently, A Fine Yellow Dust (2021), winner of the Midwest Book Award for Poetry. Laura served as the Lansing Michigan poet laureate from 2019-2021. Her recent work focuses on arts-based inquiry, international collaboration, and the therapeutic uses of writing in response to trauma. She is an associate professor at Michigan State University.  Find her at www.laura-apol.com [2]

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Grand Rapids, MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
Sioux Center, IA
Iowa
Website: 
https://laura-apol.com [3]
Prizes won: 

A fine yellow dust (2021)  Winner, Midwest Book Award; Finalist, Oklahoma Book Award; First Finalist, Poetry Society of Virginia North American Book Award; Honorable Mention, Eric Hoffer Book Award.

Nothing but the blood (2018) Winner, Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry; Silver Medal Winner, Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY); Finalist, Midwest Book Award.

Requiem, Rwanda (2015) Finalist, Lascaux Poetry Prize.

Crossing the ladder of sun (2004) Winner, Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry.

Learning to live in the world:  Earth poems by William Stafford (1994) Winner, Hungry Mind Books of Distinction Award.

Celestial bodies (2016) Winner, Overleaf Chapbook Manuscript Competition; Finalist, Oklahoma Book Award.

 

Writers Retreats: 
A Rally of Writers
Hambidge Creative Residency Program
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/laura_apol

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/laura_apol [2] http://www.laura-apol.com [3] https://laura-apol.com