Nationality American | Name Laraine Herring | |
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Occupation novelist, poet, essayist, professor Notable works Writing Begins with the Breath | ||
Laraine Herring Q&A Session at Peregrine Book Company
Laraine Herring (born 1968) is an American writer of both novels and nonfiction books. Laraine’s poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in various anthologies and magazines, including Midnight Mind and Walking the Twilight: Women Writers of the Southwest. She was awarded the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund grant for her fiction, and her non-fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Contents
- Laraine Herring QA Session at Peregrine Book Company
- Laraine Herring reading Gathering Lights at Peregrine Book Company
- Early life and education
- Career
- Books
- Anthologies
- Productions
- Honors
- References
Laraine Herring reading "Gathering Lights" at Peregrine Book Company
Early life and education
Herring holds a BA from the University of Arizona, an MFA in Creative Writing/Fiction from Antioch University, and an MA in Counseling Psychology from Prescott College.
Career
Herring was listed in the Arizona Artists Roster in Creative Writing from 2001 to 2010. She has taught at universities, libraries, community centers, and writing conferences around the country, as well as at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health and Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.
Herring was Writer in Residence at Soapstone Retreat in 2003.
Herring was a presenter at Hassayampa Institute for Creative Writing from 2005 to 2007. She was a Phoenix College Creative Writing Microburst Panelist in 2006, and she was Writer in Residence at Eastern Arizona College in 2008.
Currently, she directs the Creative Writing Program at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona, and works as a consultant for Tracking Wonder in New York.
Books
Anthologies
Laraine Herring’s work has appeared in the following Anthologies:
Productions
Laraine Herring’s work has been featured in the following Productions: