Lauren Camp

Lauren Camp is the author of eight books of poetry, including most recently In Old Sky (Grand Canyon Conservancy, 2024); An Eye in Each Square (River River Books, 2023); Worn Smooth Between Devourings (NYQ Books, 2023); and Took House (Tupelo Press, 2020). Her work has been translated into Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, and Turkish.

She was chosen as the fourth Astronomer-in-Residence at Grand Canyon National Park. Other honors include the Dorset Prize and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and Black Earth Institute. Camp has been a finalist for the Arab American Book Award, Housatonic Book Award, Big Other Book Award, and Adrienne Rich Award. 

She was a visual artist from 1996 to 2008. Her portrait series, The Fabric of Jazz, was displayed in museums in ten cities. For fifteen years, she was a producer and host at Santa Fe Public Radio.  

The poet laureate of New Mexico through 2025, Camp lives in New Mexico. In 2023, Camp received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship.