Explore and Shelter: Writing About Place

Intermediate | Almost everyone has a previous place they’ve lived. Some have been many places, leaving footsteps and fingerprints all around. Let’s return to some of those vistas, doorways, and rooms, passing through again to find their important moments in your history. We’ll look at some fine examples and then generate new work. Expect to be surprised by how far your memory stretches.

Lauren Camp

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Lauren Camp is the author of five books, recently Took House (Tupelo Press). Honors include the Dorset Prize and finalist for the Arab American Book Award. Her poems appear in Poem-a-Day, Witness, Blackbird, Prairie Schooner, and Kenyon Review.