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Feature Lauren Berry is the author of two poetry collections: C&R Press Poetry Award winner The Rented Altar (C&R Press, 2020), and National Poetry Series winner The Lifting Dress (Penguin Books, 2011), selected by Terrence Hayes. Berry received a BA in Creative Writing from Florida State University and an MFA from the University of Houston where she won the Inprint Verlaine Prize and served as poetry editor for Gulf Coast. From 2009 to 2010, she held the Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellowship at the Wisconsin Institute. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Agni, Silk Road, The Adroit Journal, Denver Quarterly, and Iron Horse Literary Review, and she teaches AP English Literature at YES Prep Public Schools, a charter school that provides college preparatory education to Houston’s most underserved communities. Additionally, Berry leads poetry workshops for Houston non-profits, Inprint and Grackle and Grackle. Connect with her at poetlaurenberry.comCindy Huyser hosts; an open mic follows.
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