Lauren Tess
Lauren Tess
poetry
poems
Nimrod: "Turnout, Highway 200" (Spring 2024)
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Poets.org: "Thaw" (2023)
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Dialogist: "Bunnysitting" (Fall 2023)
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Poetry Northwest: "Hoverfly" (Summer/Fall 2023)
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Meridian: "Greenhouse" (2022)
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Salamander: "The Other Lauren" (Spring/Summer 2022)
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Cimarron Review: "Bad Play" (Winter/Spring 2021)
Atlanta Review: "Zink Dam" (Fall/Winter 2021)
Evening Street Review: Three poems (Summer 2021)
Thimble Literary Magazine: "Neighbor" (Summer 2021)
Schuylkill Valley Journal: "Harvest" (Fall 2020)
Map Literary: Two poems (February 2020)
Tar River Poetry: "A Bright Day After Rain" (Fall 2018)
Saranac Review: "Quiet City" (Fall 2018)
Tampa Review: "Reading Darwin and the News" (Spring 2018)
about
I live with my partner and our toddler in Missoula as I pursue an MFA in poetry at the University of Montana.
In 2023, my poem "Thaw" was awarded an Academy of American Poets College Prize. In 2021, I received an Open Mouth Poetry Residency in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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An interview about my work is up on the Superstition Review blog here.
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