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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

New York, NY

New York US

Email:

staceyzlawrence@gmail.com

Bio:

A widow & cancer survivor, Stacey Z Lawrence is a veteran public high school teacher of Poetry & English. Her poetry was short-listed for the Fish Prize in 2019/2021 & nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2022. Stacey is a poet for Writing the Land, a collaboration between poets & protected land. Stacey's first collection of poems was released to advanced acclaim in August 2021 through Finishing Line Press.

"Take Stacey's poems to a couch, curl under your great-grandmothers quilt & understand love & loss are one."-Nikki Giovanni

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Hebrew

Favorite authors:

Gwendolyn Brooks Edna St. Vincent Millay Sylvia Plath Charles Bukowski Ntozake Shange John Steinbeck Billy Collins Nikki Giovanni Robert Fisk Emily Dickinson Jhumpa Lahiri Octavia Butler Cormac McCarthy

Born in:

Montclair, NJ

New Jersey

Raised in:

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

New Jersey

RSS feed:

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Website:

https://www.staceyzlawrence.com [3]

Prizes won:

Pushcart Prize in Poetry Nominee (2021)

Fish Prize in Poetry Short & Long-Listed (2019/2020)

Moving Words Finalist Short Film (2022)

What I'm reading now:

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

On Love by Charles Bukowski

The Stringer by Ted Rall

The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk

Writers Retreats:

The Frost Place

Millay Arts

Identifies as:

American

Feminist

Jewish

Prefers to work with:

Any