Laura M. Kaminski
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Laura M. Kaminski (Halima Ayuba) grew up in northern Nigeria, went to school in New Orleans, and currently lives in rural Missouri. She is an Editor at Right Hand Pointing, and also serves as Poetry Editor for Praxis Magazine Online, where she curates the digital chapbook / Around This Fire response-chapbook series.
She is the author of four poetry collections and four chapbooks, most recently Anchorhold (2016, edited by Wale Owoade, cover art by Robert Rhodes, foreword by j. lewis, & introduction by JK Anowe). Anchorhold is available from AMAB Books in Nigeria, and from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers in the US.
Website: https://arkofidentity.wordpress.com/
Winning Entry: Hush
Contest Won: Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2015, Honorable Mention, Tom Howard
Winning Entry: Anchorhold
Contest Won: Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2016, Honorable Mention, Tom Howard