AUTHOR

Laurence is the author of a collection of poetry, Local Bird (2015); a collection of aphorisms, One Kind of Recording (2017); and a collection of Buddhist dialogues in verse, The Bluebonnet Sutras (2019), and A Stranger’s Heart (2023); all from Lamar University Literary Press.


In addition to poetry, Laurence writes articles about teaching college English with a focus on student attitudes toward writing, reading literature, drawing-to-learn, and the Buddhist wisdom tradition in teaching and learning.

Musgrove, L. (1998). Attitude. English Journal, 87(4). 85-86.

Musgrove, L. (1999). Attitudes toward writing. Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, 4. 1-9.

Musgrove, L. (2005). What happens when we read: Picturing a reader’s responsibilities. Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, 10. 52-63.

Musgrove, L. and Musgrove, M. (2015). Drawing is learning: To understand and to be understood. Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, 20. 91-102.

Musgrove, L. (2016). Drawing-to-learn: A general studies course for first-year college students. In B. Agerbeck, et al. (Eds.), Drawn together through visual practice. 15-20. Visual Practice Press. 

Musgrove, L. (2021). A Buddhist educator’s perspective on well-being across the curriculum. Educator Perspectives. 1.1. 34-41.