"Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself
and laissez faire for others."

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Lauren BERNADETTe Mangiaforte

Poet, novelist, traveler.

Lauren is a Chicago-born writer living in New York City.

She’s the author of the indie novel The Boys Who Wouldn’t Grow Up and the poetry and illustration collection Eggs in Love, a collaboration with artist Nadim Basna.

Her poetry play, The Art of Golden Repair, was produced in Los Angeles in 2016, and her work as a poet has been published in the Eunonia Review. Her humor piece, “The Bridesmaiden’s Tale,” was in the Weekly Humorist. Lauren’s essays and interviews both as a writer and ghostwriter have appeared in The Huffington Post, xoJane, The Elephant Journal, and Thrive Global.

She’s currently subbing her second novel, Pre, upmarket fiction, and finishing a draft of her third, Daughters of Mothers, a family saga set in Berlin between 1929-1992.

Lauren can be found on Instagram as @laurbrary, where she reviews books, lifts the veil behind the writing process, and shares her travels with followers.

She holds a BA in English literature and theatre from Saint Mary's College of Notre Dame, IN and a master's degree in Women, Writing, & Gender from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.

She lives with her partner Ian and puppy Alvy in Astoria, Queens.

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Drafting! 💌 Edits for the first section of my new book 📎 It’s the first section I’m writing but the second-to-last to appear in the manuscript ✂️ Playing with time and perspective in a whole new way, and it’s making me work a litt
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A very unusual story. ✨ About a young woman from Chicago meant to study abroad in Paris with her best friend, but who ends up in rural Denmark with a mysterious man instead. 🇩🇰 Elements of the erotic and even the noir mix together with and against
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Pastels for spring. 🌸 GROUNDBREAKING. 😂💕🤍💕😂 By the way, I highly recommend everything in this pile (all four books were real good), but CROSSING, the story of an Albanian trans woman, is one of the best books I’ve ever read in my entire l
To my fellow white people: I am not a perfect ally, join me in my imperfection. And join me in learning, donating, and protesting. ✊🏼 While I know I’ve got work to do on the nonfiction front, here are three novels by Black writers that reshape
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A socially distant drive past one of our favorite indie bookstores, The Golden Notebook, in Woodstock, NY 📒 Sad not to be able to go in — I always seem to stumble on the best books here (for instance IN AMERICA, by Susan Sontag 🇺🇸) but happy
First day in the new office 🌸 I’m a little bummed that my window is no longer my window, but life and NYC apartments demand occasional sacrifice🤞🏻