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/
CATCH & RELEASE' coming March 2025 @CornerstoneUWSP |
Poetry Ed @IronOakEditions |
MFA @SIUC |
@WMorrisAwards winner
Best New Poets '24
https://laurencrawfordpoet.com/
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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!
Special thanks to Susan Kinsolving for these thoughtful words!
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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
#PrideMonth2025 #Pride2025 #pridemonth #Pride #poetry
June 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 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
#PrideMonth2025 #Pride2025 #pridemonth #Pride #poetry
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...
merliterary.com/2025/04/20/m...
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 ...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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...
merliterary.com/2025/04/20/m...
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Had a lot of fun writing this "Mad Libs" style poem, published in The Interpreter's House!
May 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Had a lot of fun writing this "Mad Libs" style poem, published in The Interpreter's House!
Bashing successful poets for being successful is wild. Like, maybe let's not? Maybe go look at a sunflower? Maybe write better?
May 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Bashing successful poets for being successful is wild. Like, maybe let's not? Maybe go look at a sunflower? Maybe write better?
'CATCH & RELEASE' spotted at Sundog Bookstore in FL for the Longleaf Writer's Conference!
May 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
'CATCH & RELEASE' spotted at Sundog Bookstore in FL for the Longleaf Writer's Conference!
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.
May 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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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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
youtu.be/OFZfaol_wKA
April 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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
youtu.be/OFZfaol_wKA
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The new book from @laurencraw.bsky.social is here: bookshop.org/p/books/catc...
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...
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The new book from @laurencraw.bsky.social is here: bookshop.org/p/books/catc...
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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...
@janezwart.bsky.social! @laurencraw.bsky.social! April 22nd! NAWP!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...
April 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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...
@janezwart.bsky.social! @laurencraw.bsky.social! April 22nd! NAWP!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...
'Catch & Release' is making the rounds! Thank you Lesley!
7 events in 4 cities over 8 days=Lesley not even making a full circuit of the #awp25 Bookfair. But MYCOCOSMIC sold out & I have bright shards of other people’s poems in my head @elegystreet.bsky.social @annhudson.bsky.social @laurencraw.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
'Catch & Release' is making the rounds! Thank you Lesley!
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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
Here’s Lauren Crawford and “Poem to the Unnameable Father” @laurencraw.bsky.social
www.ballastjournal.com/lauren-crawf...
#contributorfeature #poetry #ballast #LaurenCrawford
March 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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
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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@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
March 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
Please join me and @taylorfthiel.bsky.social this SATURDAY for our book launch! Hope to see you there! Zoom link on my website!
March 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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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@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
March 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
Reposted by Lauren Crawford (she/her)
“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
Lauren reads for the WPLS on Wed (3/19) at 7:30pm (EST).
#poems #poetrysky
March 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“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
Lauren reads for the WPLS on Wed (3/19) at 7:30pm (EST).
#poems #poetrysky
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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!)
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!)
March 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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!)
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!)
Happy publication week to my reading mate! Watch our virtual book launch on Zoom on March 22!
Just gonna post the link straight up too.
Happy pub day, (yesterday) to Bone Valley Hymnal!!!!!!!
elj-editions.com/bone-valley-...
Happy pub day, (yesterday) to Bone Valley Hymnal!!!!!!!
elj-editions.com/bone-valley-...
Bone Valley Hymnal
Bone Valley Hymnal arrives from the molten core of Utah’s arid landscapes. Here, with the fossils mothers pass down to their daughters Franson-Thiel weaves hymns of heritage and gender performativi…
elj-editions.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Happy publication week to my reading mate! Watch our virtual book launch on Zoom on March 22!
Reposted by Lauren Crawford (she/her)
“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).
Courtney reads for the WPLS on Wed (3/19) at 7:30pm (EST).
March 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“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).
Courtney reads for the WPLS on Wed (3/19) at 7:30pm (EST).
Reposted by Lauren Crawford (she/her)
@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
March 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
#Poets #Poetry #Writers #PoetrySky
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!
Special thanks to Susan Kinsolving for these thoughtful words!
March 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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!
Special thanks to Susan Kinsolving for these thoughtful words!
Reposted by Lauren Crawford (she/her)
@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.
March 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
@laurencraw.bsky.social, Matthew Hittinger, & Courtney LeBlanc join the WPLS on 3/19/25.
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📖✨
See you all tomorrow for launch day! 🎉 In the meantime, you can preorder for 20% off using my author website link in my bio📖✨
March 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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📖✨
See you all tomorrow for launch day! 🎉 In the meantime, you can preorder for 20% off using my author website link in my bio📖✨
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.
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.
March 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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.
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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“'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
From a review of Sue Chang’s new novel from House of Anansi.
Full review:
buff.ly/3F66N8o
#writingcommunity
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“'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
From a review of Sue Chang’s new novel from House of Anansi.
Full review:
buff.ly/3F66N8o
#writingcommunity
My debut collection CATCH & RELEASE launches in just seven days!
If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to pre-order your copy. Pre-orders are incredibly important for small independent presses—they help determine print runs, support distribution, and show interest in the book.
If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to pre-order your copy. Pre-orders are incredibly important for small independent presses—they help determine print runs, support distribution, and show interest in the book.
March 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My debut collection CATCH & RELEASE launches in just seven days!
If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to pre-order your copy. Pre-orders are incredibly important for small independent presses—they help determine print runs, support distribution, and show interest in the book.
If you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to pre-order your copy. Pre-orders are incredibly important for small independent presses—they help determine print runs, support distribution, and show interest in the book.