Laura AltshulLaura Altshul is a Vassar graduate with a Master's degree in Literature. She has taught in the Great Books program and at college, high school, and elementary levels. She currently tutors and serves on non-profit boards focused on providing educationl and arts experiences for New Haven's children whose families don't ordinarily have access to these opportunities. Her first collection of poetry, Searching for the Northern Lights, was published by Antrim House in 2015, as was her second collection, Bodies Passing (2017) . Her poems have been published in Connecticut River Review, Forgotten Women: A Tribute in Poetry, The Perch, Serving House Journal, and Unlocking the Word: An Anthology of Found Poetry. New poems are forthcoming in Pulse and Our Changing Environment. Her poems have won prizes from The Connecticut Poetry Society, The Hamden Arts Commission, The New York Poetry Society, The Tennessee Poetry Society, and The Utah Poetry Society. She was the featured poet in the half hour public television series Speaking of Poetry, Episode 36, and has given readings throughout Connecticut. She co-leads the New Haven Chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society with her husband, Victor Altshul. Together they have seven children and eleven grandchildren. Read More Read Less