Lauren Camp

Lauren Camp is an Arab American poet. As [https://poetry.nmculture.org/ New Mexico Poet Laureate] (2022 to 2025), she has been honored with a [https://poets.org/academy-american-poets-announces-2023-poets-laureate-fellows 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship]. In 2022, she was selected as Astronomer in Residence at Grand Canyon National Park.

Her book, ''Worn Smooth between Devourings'' (NYQ Books 2023), was [https://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/newmexicoinfocus/poetry-as-a-way-to-build-empathy/ featured on New Mexico PBS]. The Columbia Daily Tribune said ''An Eye in Each Square'' (River River Books, 2023) is "perhaps the finest collection of the year." ''One Hundred Hungers'' (Tupelo Press, 2016) was selected by David Wojahn for the Dorset Prize, and went on to win finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award, the Housatonic Book Award and the Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize. In reviewing the book, ''World Literature Today'' describes "the oddity of diaspora within diaspora through evocative imagery and diction…and direct interrogation of political (and personal) drama.” Provided by Wikipedia
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