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, and Poet Lore, and her work has been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, Serbian and Arabic. www.laurencamp.com