Lauren Camp
Lauren Camp is the Poet Laureate of New Mexico and author of five books, most recently Took House (Tupelo Press, 2020). Two new books—Worn Smooth Between Devourings (NYQ Books) and An Eye in Each Square (River River Books)—are forthcoming in 2023. Her honors include the Dorset Prize and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award, Housatonic Book Award, and Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry.
Reading List
Cell Theory
The sun is begging emotion and we’re hazed as pennies beneath it. Every person who is weighed out in the dicey season knows what exists is last years’ reduced consonants and the fallow reminder of friends taking three views of hard questions. Clouds dispense their rigged back light. Blameless unseizing but it must be noted […]
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The Joy of Language: David interviews Lauren Camp
David Siew Hii, Shenandoah’s editorial fellow in poetry for issue 72.2, interviewed every poet in the issue. To showcase their voices, the questions in the interview were removed, leaving behind only the voice of the writer. In this interview, Lauren Camp talks about her journey to poetry and how she passes her passion onto […]
Lauren Camp Reads “Cell Theory”
Lauren Camp reads her poem “Cell Theory” from Shenandoah Issue 72.2, Spring 2023.