Lauren Henley

Entered graduate program: fall '13

Degree(s) & major: B.A. in literature w/ emphasis in creative writing from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (2009), MFA in writing from Pacific University of Oregon (2011)

Favorite authors: John Steinbeck, Pablo Neruda, Joyce Carol Oates, Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, Larry Levis

Favorite books: Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Robinson’s Housekeeping, and Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying

Areas of interest: writing, hiking, cooking, yoga, art, dancing