Laurie KuntzLaurie Kuntz is an award-winning poet and film producer. She has published one poetry collection (Somewhere in the Telling, Mellen Press) and two chapbooks (Simple Gestures, Texas Review Press and Women at the Onsen, Blue Light Press), as well as an SL reader (The New Arrival, Books 1 & 2, Prentice Hall Publishers). Her poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and The Best of the Net. Her chapbook, Simple Gestures, won the Texas Review Poetry Chapbook Contest. She is a researcher for the upcoming film, Strangers to Peace, a documentary on the peace process and reintegration of guerrilla soldiers in Colombia. She produced the short film Do Tell a documentary on the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Law. She is the executive producer of an Emmy winning short narrative film, Posthumous. She holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College. Recently retired, she lives in an endless summer state of mind. Her website is: https: //lauriekuntz.myportfolio.com/home-1 Read More Read Less