Priscilla Gilman

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<p>Priscilla Gilman grew up in New York City and is a former professor of English literature at Yale University and Vassar College. She has taught poetry appreciation to inmates in a restorative justice program and to New York City public school students. <em>The Anti-Romantic Child</em>, her first book, was excerpted in <em>Newsweek </em>magazine and featured on the cover of its international edition; it was an NPR <em>Morning Edition </em>Must-Read, <em>Slate</em>'s Book of the Week, and selected as one the Best Books of 2011 by the <em>Leonard Lopate Show</em>. Gilman writes regularly for publications including the <em>Daily Beast</em>, the <em>New York Times</em>, and the <em>Huffington Post</em>, speaks frequently at schools, conferences, and organizations about parenting, education, and the arts, and is a Scholar/Facilitator for the New York Council for the Humanities. She lives in New York City with her family. <em> The Anti-Romantic Child </em>has been nominated for a Books for a Better Life Award for Best First Book.</p>