Lauren Tess

(she/her/hers)

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

Areas of Study

Offices

Education

  • MFA, University of Montana
  • BA, University of Texas at Austin

Biography

Lauren Tess’s poems have appeared in RattlePoetry Northwest, WitnessNimrod, SalamanderMeridianTar River PoetryAtlanta ReviewDialogistCimarron Review, and elsewhere. She earned an MFA at the University of Montana, where she was a poetry editor at CutBank. The recipient of an Academy of American Poets University Prize, Lauren lives with her family on the edge of Cleveland.

Fall 2025

Poetic Sequences — CRWR 312

Notes

Lauren Tess Poem Published in "Rattle"

 Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Lauren Tess published the poem "She Won't Take Her Medicine" in the journal Rattle (Summer '25, print; September 26, online).