Grace Lawrence

Grace Lawrence is a recent graduate of Portland State University, where she earned an MA in English, and is currently completing her MFA thesis in poetry. She is the co-founder of Portland Lit Mic, a community literary organization that brings writers together through monthly all-genre open mics and writing workshops in collaboration with Literary Arts. Grace is passionate about creating inclusive spaces where all writers can build community, share their work, and celebrate the act of writing. Her in-progress poetry thesis is centered on themes of familial histories, generational loss, and recounting inherited stories.