Laura E. Garrard is a CranioSacral Therapist on the Olympic Peninsula. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as Bellevue Literary Review, Amethyst, The Madrona Project, Silver Birch, and Pangryus. Her chapbook, Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death, is available through Finishing Line Press. Winner of the Merit Prize for the 2024 Stories That Need to be Told Contest and Pushcart Prize nominee with TulipTree Publishing, she has also been a finalist for the John and Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry. She’s written a series, Poetry That Fits, on Penn Medicine’s OncoLink.org and holds a master’s degree in journalism. Reach her at: LauraEGarrard.com Photo credit: Amy Collett
Note: See also “A Conversation with Laura E. Garrard,”
Lauren Davis in conversation with Laura E. Garrard, author of Paddling the Sweet Spot Between Life and Death, Finishing Line Press, 2026
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