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Laura Vookles, chief curator of collections at the Hudson River Museum, is also a poet on the side. She began by writing memoirs that ultimately evolved into poetry, and now she competes in poetry slams nationally.
Laura Vookles, chief curator of collections at the Hudson River Museum, is also a poet on the side. She began by writing memoirs that ultimately evolved into poetry, and now she competes in poetry slams nationally.