Lauren Camp is the author of five books, most recently Took House (Tupelo Press). Honors include the Dorset Prize and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award, Housatonic Book Award, and New Mexico-Arizona Book Award. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Witness, Poet Lore, Beloit Poetry Journal and The Los Angeles Review, and her work has been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, Serbian and Arabic. She teaches creative expression to people of all ages, working with The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Poetry Out Loud, and leading community workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she lives. www.laurencamp.com