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Laura Shovan is a children's novelist, arts educator, and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet. Her chapbook, Mountain, Log, Salt, and Stone won the inaugural Harriss Poetry Prize. She has edited literary journals and anthologies. Laura Shovan’s middle grade debut, THE LAST FIFTH GRADE OF EMERSON ELEMENTARY, won multiple awards including the Arnold Adoff Poetry Award for New Voices honor book. Her middle grade sports novel TAKEDWON was selected for Junior Library Guild, PJ Our Way, and the ALA’s RISE Project. A PLACE AT THE TABLE, co-written with Saadia Faruqi, was a Sydney Taylor Notable. Laura is a longtime poet-in-the-schools and serves on the faculty of Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in writing for children and young adults. Her firs ...more

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	A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi (Goodreads Author), Laura Shovan (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,806 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary 4.05 avg rating — 1,663 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Takedown 4.25 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Cruel Invention: A Contemporary Poetry Anthology by Bernadette Geyer (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alex Dreppec, Brett Foster 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hides the Dark Tower by Kelly A. Harmon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Vonnie Winslow Crist (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anatoly Belilovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mountain, Log, Salt, and Stone 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life in Me Like Grass on Fire 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pet Crazy: A Poetry Friday Power Book by Janet Wong, Sylvia M. Vardell, Don Tate (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to Monsterville by Laura Shovan (Goodreads Author), Michael Rothenberg (Illustrator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imperfect II: poems about perspective: an anthology for middle schoolers by Tabatha Yeatts (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laura Shovan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Liz Garton Scanlon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Poetry Friday: When I Cry

My heart is broken. My dear friend and collaborator, the poet Michael Rothenberg, passed away on November 21.

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Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires

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