Lauren Alleyne

Lauren K. Alleyne is a a poet and writer. She is an assistant professor and the Poet-in-Residence at the University of Dubuque. Her debut collection, Difficult Fruit, is forthcoming in Feb, 2014 from Peepal Tree Press.

Biography
Lauren K. Alleyne was born and raised in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. In 1997, she left home to attend St. Francis College in New York, where she completed a B.A. in English Literature. She then earned an M.A. in English (Creative Writing) from Iowa State University, and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) and a Graduate Certificate in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Cornell University. She is currently the Poet-in-Residence and an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Dubuque, in Dubuque, IA.

Lauren is a Cave Canem graduate whose work has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2010 Small Axe Literary Prize, a Lyrical Iowa Award, and two Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg prizes. She has been published in several journals and anthologies, including: Black Arts Quarterly, The Caribbean Writer, The Belleview Literary Review, The Banyan Review Growing Up Girl and Gathering Ground. Her first collection, Difficult Fruit, is forthcoming in February 2014.