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Lauren Camp serves as New Mexico Poet Laureate. She is the author of eight poetry collections, most recently In Old Sky (Grand Canyon Conservancy, 2024), which grew out of her experience as Astronomer-in-Residence at Grand Canyon National Park. Her work has been supported by a Dorset Prize, a Glenna Luschei Award from Prairie Schooner, fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and Black Earth Institute, and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award and Adrienne Rich Award. Her poems have been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, French, and Arabic. www.laurencamp.com
In “Invasion,” New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp tries to make sense of the unending horrors we witness every day as “our hands hurry to hear / our last losses.”
