Laurie ByroLaurie Byro has been facilitating "Circle of Voices" poetry discussion in New Jersey libraries for 18 years. She is published widely in University presses in the United States and is included in several anthologies. Laurie has garnered more IBPC awars (InterBoard Poetry Community) than any other poet, stopping at 54. She had three books of poetry published in 2015 and 2016, her fourth The Bloomsberries and Other Curiosities was published in 2017 by Aldrich Press. Laurie received a 2016 New Jersey Poet's Prize for the first poem in the Stein collection and 2017 Prize for the 2nd poem in the Bloomsberries. Laurie is currently Poet in Residence at the West Milford Township Library, where "Circle of Voices" continues to meet. Read More Read Less