Lauren Rhoades
Official Panelist
2023 Participant · Mississippi · Moderator

Lauren Rhoades
Lauren Rhoades is a creative nonfiction writer who explores themes of identity, place, and belonging. She is director of grants at the Mississippi Arts Commission and a host of MPB's The Mississippi Arts Hour. In 2022, Lauren founded Rooted Magazine, an online publication dedicated to telling unfiltered stories about what it means to call Mississippi home.