Lauren Crawford (she/her)

Lauren Crawford (she/her)

@laurencraw.bsky.social

Poet CATCH & RELEASE' coming March 2025 @CornerstoneUWSP | Poetry Ed @IronOakEditions | MFA @SIUC | @WMorrisAwards winner Best New Poets '24 https://laurencrawfordpoet.com/

1,197 Followers 1,683 Following 178 Posts Joined May 2024
9 months ago
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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ From @laurencraw.bsky.social, here is "First Day," which originally appeared in @redogrereview.bsky.social. It was a treat to hear Lauren read this poem last year at the Poetry by the Sea Conference. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
#PrideMonth2025 #Pride2025 #pridemonth #Pride #poetry

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9 months ago

Are you seriously trying to gaslight us with this nonsense? Ewww. Sounds a little desperate.

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9 months ago
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MER Bookshelf - April 2025 - MER - Mom Egg Review MER Bookshelf – April 2025 Curated by Melissa Joplin Highley     Alice B Fogel, Falsework, Bee Monk Press, August 2024, poetry These poems refuse sleep. They remind us that life is a cycle of filling ...

Thank you @merliterary.bsky.social for listing my debut 'CATCH & RELEASE' on your bookshelf! I'm truly grateful! Friends, I still have more author copies available if you would like one signed.

merliterary.com/2025/04/20/m...

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9 months ago
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Had a lot of fun writing this "Mad Libs" style poem, published in The Interpreter's House!

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9 months ago

Okay I love this Bethany! Can you send me the exercise? I want to try it too!

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9 months ago

Bashing successful poets for being successful is wild. Like, maybe let's not? Maybe go look at a sunflower? Maybe write better?

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9 months ago
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'CATCH & RELEASE' spotted at Sundog Bookstore in FL for the Longleaf Writer's Conference!

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9 months ago
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Had a blast this week at the Longleaf Writer's Conference where I was honored as a Poetry Fellow! I met new brilliant faces, and reunited with familiar writers from the past.

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10 months ago

Good news in the NAWPiverse--Mitch didn't flub the recording buttons this time, and we have last night's reading with @janezwart.bsky.social and @laurencraw.bsky.social on our YouTube channel!

youtu.be/OFZfaol_wKA

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10 months ago
Catch & Release Check out Catch & Release - <p>"Eloquent and gutsy, Lauren Crawford's poems are intimate and unsettling. She writes, 'I am here to survive' as she evidences her resilience while 'pining always for rel...

The new book from @laurencraw.bsky.social is here: bookshop.org/p/books/catc...

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11 months ago
Promotional graphic for a NAWP reading on Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 PM, featuring Jane Zwart and Lauren Crawford.

I hear April is poetry month, so register to hear two of the best read their poems!

@janezwart.bsky.social! @laurencraw.bsky.social! April 22nd! NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

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11 months ago

Thank you Lesley!!

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11 months ago

'Catch & Release' is making the rounds! Thank you Lesley!

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11 months ago
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Our storied Contributor Features feature from ballast 3.1 rolls on and on and on

Here’s Lauren Crawford and “Poem to the Unnameable Father” @laurencraw.bsky.social

www.ballastjournal.com/lauren-crawf...

#contributorfeature #poetry #ballast #LaurenCrawford

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11 months ago
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@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.

#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky

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11 months ago
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Please join me and @taylorfthiel.bsky.social this SATURDAY for our book launch! Hope to see you there! Zoom link on my website!

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11 months ago
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@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.

#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky

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11 months ago
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“First Day” by @laurencraw.bsky.social. The poem first appeared in @redogrereview.bsky.social.

Lauren reads for the WPLS on Wed (3/19) at 7:30pm (EST).

#poems #poetrysky

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11 months ago
Cover of "Bone Valley Hymnal" with four green dinosaurs set against the backdrop of Southern Utah Photo of Taylor Franson-Thiel in a black jacket, white knit top, and blue jeans, blowing a kiss at the camera Photo of Taylor in a white knit top and light blue jeans Text of the poem "Excommunication" 

I allowed my wrists
on the blade of his yoke. 

His vow to me a preordained 
severance that taught me

there are many ways to love 
a millstone. Take its fingers

and press tender to neck. 
My pulse, a swirling fish 

hood-hungry. Hole in lip like
a holy text only he could read. 

I hope his new wife finds
my poetry and loves it. I hope

he tells here I was a dog
he had to put down.

The poet 🤝 the cover 🤝 the poems

As of yesterday my debut poetry collection is officially out in the world! I took the day to eat cake and be with my amazing husband BUT Bone Valley Hymnal is here and I hope if you haven’t already, you’ll consider ordering it. (link in comms!)

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11 months ago

Me too 😄

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11 months ago

Happy publication week to my reading mate! Watch our virtual book launch on Zoom on March 22!

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11 months ago
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“For My Sister, Who Turned 40 Eleven Days After Our Father Died” by Courtney LeBlanc. The poem first appeared in @oneart.bsky.social.

Courtney reads for the WPLS on Wed (3/19) at 7:30pm (EST).

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1 year ago
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@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.

#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky

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1 year ago

Wonderful!

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1 year ago
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My debut poetry collection 'CATCH & RELEASE' is officially out in the world! I’m incredibly grateful for everyone who’s been part of this journey — your support means everything. 💙
Special thanks to Susan Kinsolving for these thoughtful words!

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1 year ago
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@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.

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1 year ago
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Tomorrow, my debut poetry collection, 'CATCH & RELEASE' officially enters the world! I’m so grateful for everyone who has supported me, and I can’t wait to share. 💙
See you all tomorrow for launch day! 🎉 In the meantime, you can preorder for 20% off using my author website link in my bio📖✨

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1 year ago

Congratulations!!!! 👏🎉

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1 year ago
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A huge thank you to Sara Henning for her generous words about my debut poetry collection: CATCH & RELEASE!

I’m so grateful for the support and can’t wait to share this book with my friends next week! If you’d like to grab a copy for 20% off, you can find it on my author website, linked in my bio.

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1 year ago
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“'The Immortal Woman' uses Lemei’s mother-daughter relationship to illustrate the lasting effects of trauma and the ways we sacrifice pieces of ourselves in the name of self-preservation.”

From a review of Sue Chang’s new novel from House of Anansi.

Full review:
buff.ly/3F66N8o

#writingcommunity

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