Laurie Stone
Laurie Stone is an American writer and critic.Biography
Stone is a graduate of Barnard College and holds an MA from Columbia University. She taught at Hunter College and Queens [College, City University of New York|Queens College] from 1969 to 1975. After many years as a journalist at The Village Voice, she was appointed theater critic for The Nation and critic-at-large on NPR's Fresh Air. Her books include a story collection, My Life as an Animal, an essay collection, Laughing in the Dark, a novel, Starting with Serge, and an essay collection, Streaming Now: Postcards from the Thing That Is Happening.Awards
In 1995, Stone won the Nona Balakian Excellence in Reviewing Award from the National [Book Critics Circle].