FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: 

Next up in our Humanist Speaker Series at the Albuquerque Museum is Lauren Camp, the Poet Laureate of New Mexico (2022-25.) In addition to reading from her works, she’ll discuss her path to poetry, her experience as Poet Laureate and the projects she’s working on now.

The title of her talk is: “Poetry and Geography—Mapping Emotions and Experience through Lines and Stanzas.”

Lauren founded the New Mexico Epic Poem Project, in partnership with New Mexico Arts, to amplify the creative voices of residents in rural, arts-underserved communities. She is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently In Old Sky (Grand Canyon Conservancy, 2024), winner of the New Mexico Book Award, which grew out of her experience as Astronomer-in-Residence at Grand Canyon National Park. Her poems have been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, French and Arabic.

Her poems and essays have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Orion, Missouri Review, and Poem-a-Day. Her work has been translated into Turkish, Mandarin, Serbian, Arabic, French and Spanish.

She has pivoted from a successful career as a visual artist (1996-2008). Her portrait series, “The Fabric of Jazz,” traveled to museums in ten cities. More artwork can be found in cultural centers, hospitals, museums, U.S. embassies and other organizations around the world. For 15 years, she was a producer and host for Santa Fe Public Radio.

For more information, email Paul@humanistsnm.org.