Lauren Burgess is a poet and essayist from Louisiana. She received her MFA from Louisiana State University where she served as poetry editor of New Delta Review. Her work has appeared in Dream Pop, Bodega, Trampoline, and A Velvet Giant, among others. She received the Kent Grant Award for Literary Nonfiction, selected by Megan Volpert, and the Robert Penn Warren Award for Poetry, selected by Eléna Rivera, for her manuscript CAGE. She has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes, and is currently working towards her Masters in Library Science. She wants you all to get a library card tomorrow.