Discipline: Literature – nonfiction

Lauren Hilgers

Discipline: Literature – nonfiction
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2017

Lauren Hilgers finished six chapters of her book Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown during her time as a MacDowell Fellow. The book, a work of nonfiction, follows a group of recent Chinese immigrants living in Flushing, Queens and was released in 2018. Hilgers spent six years living in China from 2006 to 2012 and her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, the NYT Magazine, and others. She lives in New York and has a very cute three-year-old daughter.

Studios

Star

Lauren Hilgers worked in the Star studio.

Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…

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