ABOUT ME
Portrait by Ada Matusiewicz
Lauren Frey is a writer and editor based in Portland, OR.
She earned an MA in English from Georgetown University in 2019, where she spent time blowing dust off manuscripts, and was a Lannan Poetry Fellow. Her research was published in Textual Cultures: Texts, Contexts, and Interpretation, a leading journal in textual studies, editing, and material cultures.
After leaving academia in 2019, she embarked on a six-year career in public health communications consulting. She had the incredible opportunity to work with research scientists, policymakers, and agency directors at the federal and state levels, supporting public health programs specifically with a focus on Long COVID scientific research, Medicaid legislation, and behavioral health networks.
Lauren’s creative practice encompasses poetry, archives, performance, and memoir. Her writing has been published in The Inflectionist Review, Dream Pop Press, and others, and has been supported by Prospect Street Writers’ House. She is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Copytext Magazine, a new literary arts magazine dedicated to celebrating the artistic process by publishing creative work in the context of revision.
Acknowledgement
I grew up and now live on Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla territories. The people of these tribes are now a part of The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. I express my deep respect for their land, languages, and cultures, and want to continue to acknowledge and understand the oppression and suffering of their displacement. I stand in solidarity with Indigenous people all over the world, from Portland to Palestine. Acknowledgment of the past is the only path forward for justice, honor, and true care. I am committed to conducting my creative work in this space where this past is present, to caring for the land spiritually and tangibly, and supporting leaders seeking to heal, bring justice, and restore.
by Layli Long Soldier
The mothering bloom of the Pacific Dogwood
Contact
If you’d like to get in touch personally, you can email me at
lauren carol frey [at] gmail [dot] com
And of course, you can find me on Instagram.