Luray Gross

Luray Gross works as a Writer-in-Residence through the Pennsylvania and New Jersey State Councils on the Arts and as a Visiting Poet for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the Pennsylvania Writing Project. With these organizations and on a freelance basis, she has presented workshops and readings for students K-12, teachers, and the general public since 1989. She serves as poetry consultant for the New Jersey Writers Project. Her work experience includes four years as a teacher of high school English and ten as Adjunct Instructor of English at the College of New Jersey. She was also employed as a free lance journalist, writing for trade publications for five years. Ms. Gross received her B.A. in English from Gettysburg College and her M.A. in English from Trenton State College. She has studied poetry with various master poets in Ireland and the United States and storytelling with Susan Danoff.

Creative Writing Residencies (K-12, four or more days)

"From Poem to Story/From Story to Poem" Cross-Genre Workshops (3-12)

Poetry and Storytelling Assemblies and Classroom Presentations

Teacher training

Parent and Community Workshops