Lacey Roop is a genderqueer poet and performer. They perform their work nationwide at bookstores, campuses and festivals, including Austin and Los Angeles Pride. They are a former Women of the World Poetry Slam finalist, and have been featured on PBS’s Roadtrip Nation, reaching over 60 million households worldwide. They are the author of And Then Came the Flood, and the much anticipated forthcoming book, We All Make it Out in the End. A Mississippi native, they currently reside in Austin, TX with their spouse and two incredibly large dogs (Artemis and Cassiopeia).
What the Folks Are Saying
"[Lacey] is expansive, explosive, and invigorating. - Kelsi Bodin, University of Florida.
"Lacey Roop is one hell of a writer" - Buzzfeed
"I taught "Free fall," "Playing Pretend," and "Up, Up and Away" (story paired with Gabriel Garcia Marquez in a magical realism lesson) and my students loved your work." -Deanne Roberts, English instructor at Meridian Community College
It's through your spoken word that gave me the courage to finally come out to my parents and finally start living my life, being brave enough to not be ashamed of who I really am..anyways I just wanted to say thank you. - Hillary Lochead, Nova Scotia, Canada.
" Lacey Roop does poetry like a waterfall does water" - Good Ghost Bill, three time member of the Austin Poetry Slam and full time star ninja.