Lauren Tivey

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation English Literature Teacher
Introduction Lauren has been living in China for the past five years, where she works as an English Literature teacher in the American program at a Chinese high school. She received her undergraduate degree in poetry and literature from Granite State College in 2005, and her MFA in poetry from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2008, where she was the recipient of the Jack Myers Grant for Outstanding Poetry. Her poems have appeared in The Literary Burlesque, Blue Lake Review, The Legendary, Message in a Bottle, Gutter Eloquence, SPARK, Snakeskin, and Red River Review, among many other publications. Her chapbook, The Breakdown Atlas & Other Poems, was released in 2011, from Big Table Publishing Co. An avid traveler, she has also written a number of travel stories, which appear online. She lives for poetry, photography, travel, and adventure.
Interests Poetry, Travel, Adventure, Photography, Hiking, Nature
Favorite Movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Favorite Music Just about everything EXCEPT new country, and top 40 pop shit.
Favorite Books I couldn't even BEGIN to list them here...