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Folk, Laurette: - Laurette Folk's fiction, essays, and poems have been published in Waxwing, Gravel, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Boston Globe Magazine, and Best Small Fictions. Her first novel, A Portal to Vibrancy, won the Independent Press Award for New Adult Fiction. Her second novel, The End of Aphrodite, won the Eric Hoffer Award for General Fiction and wais described by Kirkus Reviews as "[a] haunting and poignant reflection on grief, spirituality, and the loving bonds that provide guidance and sustenance." Laurette is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and a graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing program.