Lauren Camp, Is Is Enough: a poet's journey through her father's Alzheimer's disease

In this conversation with poet Lauren Camp, she shares some of the experience of writing her newest collection, Is Is Enough, poems that emerged from attending to her father's decline and death from Alzheimer's disease. She talks about writing as ritual, how her poetic practice helps her anchor the experience and hold on to her father, and her hopes for what this collection might do for others going through this experience with loved ones.

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 includefellowships 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. Her poems have appeared in The Nation, Poetry International, and Poem-a-Day and have been translated into Mandarin, Turkish, Spanish, French, and Arabic. She served as the second New Mexico Poet Laureate (2022-25). www.laurencamp.com

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