Lauren Goodwin Slaughter's work has appeared in journals such as Hayden's Ferry, Cimarron Review, and The Journal. She holds an M.F.A. from the University of Alabama, and currently lives in Missoula, Montana where she continues to work as an editor for the online journal, Diagram.

About Fugue:
Poets in this issue: John Pursley III , Michael Meyerhofer, Janine Joseph, Philip Levine, Matthew Gavin Frank, Benjamin Vogt, Kathleen Rooney, Leonard Orr, Steven Rood, Roger Sheffer, Campbell McGrath, David Schloss, Lauren Goodwin Slaughter, Doug Ramspeck, Robert Krut, Timothy Green, David Troupes, Mark Sanders, Sandy Tseng, Peter Desy, Lynnell Edwards, Lisa Roullard, John Nieves, K.E. Duffin