Laurie Stone (born 1946) is an American writer and critic.

Biography

Stone is a graduate of

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

(1968) and holds an MA from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

(1969). She taught at Hunter College and Queens College from 1969 to 1975. After many years as a journalist at ''

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newspaper, alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf (publisher), Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, th ...

'' (1974–1999), she was appointed theater critic for ''

The Nation ''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper t ...

'' and critic-at-large on NPR's Fresh Air. Her books include a story collection, ''My Life as an Animal'' (Northwestern University Press), an essay collection, ''Laughing in the Dark'' (Ecco), a novel, ''Starting with Serge'' (Doubleday), and an essay collection, ''Streaming Now: Postcards from the Thing That Is Happening'' (Dottir Press).

Awards

In 1995, Stone won the Nona Balakian Excellence in Reviewing Award from the

National Book Critics Circle The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) is an American nonprofit organization (501(c)(3)) with more than 700 members. It is the professional association of American book review editors and critics, known primarily for the National Book Critics C ...

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* 1946 births Living people 21st-century American novelists American women novelists 21st-century American women writers Barnard College alumni Hunter College faculty Queens College, City University of New York faculty Novelists from New York (state) {{US-writer-stub