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Visiting Poet Lauren Camp at Astro Fest!

Natural Bridges National Monument

Special Event
  • Jun 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM and 9:30 PM
  • Free
Join Visiting Poet Lauren Camp at AstroFest! 
June 6 at 3:30 PM "Poetry and Darkness" at the Visitor Center
June 6 at 9:30 PM "Poetry Under the Stars" at the Visitor Center

Lauren Camp is the author of nine books, most recently Is Is Enough (Texas Review Press, 2026) and In Old Sky (Grand Canyon Conservancy, 2024), which grew out of her experience as Astronomer-in-Residence at Grand Canyon National Park. Other honors include fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and Black Earth Institute, a Dorset Prize, the New Mexico Book Award, and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award and Adrienne Rich Award. She has received support from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Lowell Observatory, Denver Botanic Gardens and other arts organizations. Her poems have appeared in The Nation, Terrain.org, Deep Wild Journal, Poem-a-Day, and Poets for Science, and have been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, French, and Arabic. She served as the second New Mexico Poet Laureate (2022-25). 

 

Fees

This event is free to attend.

Schedule

Date:

Jun 6, 2026

Time:

3:30 PM, 9:30 PM

Duration:

1 hour

Contact Information

Heidi Blankenship

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Event Type

  • Campfire/Evening Program
  • Talk
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