Laura Cronk

 Laura Cronk’s first book of poems Having Been an Accomplice won the 2011 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize from Persea Books.  Her work has appeared in theBest American Poetry Series and in many journals such as Barrow Street, Ecotone, RealPoetik, and WSQ.  She coordinates the Riggio Honors Program: Writing & Democracy at The New School in Manhattan and is the poetry editor for The Inquisitive Eater.  She coordinates the Riggio Honors Program: Writing & Democracy for undergraduates at the New School in New York. Originally from Indiana, she currently lives with her husband and children in Jersey City. For many years she curated the Monday Night Poetry Series at KGB Bar.