Join Jules Poetry Playhouse for featured poet Lauren Camp with poetry and conversation. Followed by open mic.
Q&A in the chat, moderated by Jules and John
One poem limit please, on open mic. Order will be by lottery drawing.
6 pm Pacific, 7 pm Mountain, 8 pm Central, 9 pm Eastern
Zoom doors open 15 min prior to reading
Reading will be recorded
Register with the link below - You will be sent a reminder email the day of the event.
Lauren Camp
Lauren Camp is the newly appointed Poet Laureate of New Mexico and author of five books, most recently Took House (Tupelo Press). Her honors include the Dorset Prize and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award and Housatonic Book Award. Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Blackbird, Poet Lore, and The Los Angeles Review. Her work has been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, and Arabic. Her honors include Astronomer in Residence at Grand Canyon National Park, fellowships from Denver Botanic Gardens and Black Earth Institute, and a visiting writer position at the Mayo Clinic.
Readers can purchase signed copies of her books through her website www.laurencamp.com which also provides links to purchase directly from the publishers. Or. buy through www.bookshop.org or your favorite local, independent bookstore.
Lauren was featured back on February 24, 2020 live at our Kaktus Brewery venue in Bernalillo, NM, right before the pandemic shutdown. We are pleased to have her back virtually! Congrats again, to Lauren for her New Mexico Poet Laureate appointment!
Lauren Camp at Kaktus Brewery, February 2020