Global InformationLaurence Overmire information
Laurence Overmire | |
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| Born | August 17, 1957 Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Muskingum University, B.A., B.S. University of Minnesota, M.F.A. |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, author, actor, educator, genealogist |
| Spouse | Nancy McDonald |
| Website | www |
Laurence Overmire (born August 17, 1957) is an American poet, author, actor, educator, genealogist, peace activist, civil rights, human rights, and animal rights advocate and environmentalist.
He is the author of The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action (2012), a philosophical prose work that deals with the spiritual and moral issues that confront humankind in the 21st century. The book has been endorsed by Thom Hartmann, Bill McKibben, Raffi Cavoukian, The World Business Academy, Mona Polacca of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, Aaron Viles of The Gulf Restoration Network, Adele Douglass of Humane Farm Animal Care and many others.
Overmire's poetry has been widely published in the U.S. and abroad in hundreds of journals and anthologies. As an actor, he has performed on Broadway, film and television.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ The One Idea That Saves The World website.
- ^ Overmire, Laurence (2009). One Immigrant's Legacy. About The Author, p. 339: Indelible Mark Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9795398-2-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Joyner, Hermon (Winter 2004). "A Search for Meaning Leads to Portland and the FWS" (PDF). Friends of William Stafford, A Newsletter For Poets & Poetry. Vol. 9, no. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Overmire, Laurence (2007). Honor & Remembrance. Oregon: Indelible Mark Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9795398-0-0.