Hello, I'm Lauren.
I tell stories, real and imagined.
Featured Articles
 Cocktails and Perfume at The Maker Hotel • Times Union Hudson Valley |  What Sonic Understands About Fast Food • The Takeout |  This Enchanting LA Apartment Was the Home of Mae West • Architectural Digest |
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Featured Creative Nonfiction
 A Big Life • Autofocus |  House on Wheels • Cutleaf Journal |  The Harvey Girls & Me • INTO |
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Featured Fiction
 Joey Button • New Reader Magazine |  So Very Silently • Goats Milk Magazine |  That Marie • Sweet Tree Review |
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About Lauren Harkawik.
In the act of creating all of my writing — fiction, nonfiction, journalism — I'm seeking a deeper understanding of the world around me and the world within me. I seek that deeper understanding through joyful explorations of real-life things like nature and food history, and made-up things like friendly monsters and wild experiences I've dreamt but not lived.
My journalistic work falls into several categories: food, culture, science, design, and news. I'm a regular contributor to The Takeout, where I explore food and culture; Architectural Digest, where I write about design; Times Union Hudson Valley, where I write about science, nature, and culture; and The Deerfield Valley News, where I cover news topics and write profiles of businesses and people.
In creative nonfiction, I am drawn to profiles, narrative history writing, and works that embody self exploration. My autobiographical creative nonfiction work has been published in Salt Hill, Autofocus, and Cutleaf. I'm really proud of this Narratively piece about a fascinating historical figure named Madame Sherri, who was local to my region of Vermont. In 2021, I blended history writing and autobiographical writing for INTO, in a piece titled, "The Harvey Girls and Me."
In fiction writing, I'm drawn to exploring the poignancy of everyday and coming-of-age experiences by pairing them with something altogether unlike our real world, be it monsters, ghosts, or other off-kilter elements. I'm currently at work on a novel; it is adult speculative fiction. My fiction has been published in New Reader Magazine, Goats Milk Magazine, and Sweet Tree Review. In 2021, my short story, "Joey Button," which was originally published in New Reader Magazine, was distributed worldwide in Short Édition's short story dispensers.
I'm based in southern Vermont, where I live with my husband and two young daughters. When I'm not writing, I love exploring New England's small towns and sometimes traveling beyond them; learning new cooking techniques; and spending time in nature.
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