Laurence Carr's Paradise Loft is a collection of poems that explores time observing people and places that bring the reader to the beginning of a new day.
LAURENCE CARR lives in New York's Hudson Valley and writes fiction, CNF, poetry and plays. His novel, Pancake Hollow Primer, (Winner: Next Generation Indie Book Award for first novel) and two poetry collections, Threnodies: poems in remembrance and The Wytheport Tales are published by Codhill Press. As anthology editor at Codhill, he edited or co-edited four anthologies: Riverine: An Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers; WaterWrites: A Hudson River Anthology; A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley (Winner of the USA Best Book Award for Fiction Anthology); and Reflecting Pool: Poets and the Creative Process (Finalist in Non-Fiction, Next Generation Indie Book Awards). Over 20 of his plays for adult and young audiences have been produced in New York City, regionally and in Europe including the Off-Broadway Kennedy at Colonus (cited in the Burns Mantle Best Plays Series) and his play for voices, Baklava, now archived at WNYC radio after playing on Airworks for National Public Radio and on Slovak Public Radio. 36 Exposures premiered in Prague and Food for Bears premiered in Warsaw. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, and he taught creative and dramatic writing at SUNY New Paltz for over twenty years. Laurence is the publisher of the online magazine Lightwood at Lightwoodpress.com. Also visit at: www.carrwriter.com
