Author Description

We're honoring the lyric essay with Issue 3 of the Eastern Iowa Review by acknowledging the lyricists (Annie Dillard, Ellen Meloy, Anne Carson, Stephanie Dickinson) which have most influenced the editor. Authors represented: Chelsea Ardle, Paula Marafino Bernett (2017 Lyric Essay Honorable Mention), Jane Harrington, Amaris Feland Ketcham, Halee Kirkwood, Sara Kirschenbaum, Joseph Labriola, Cindy Lamothe, Andrea Marcusa, David Mohan, Toti O’Brien, Gregory Ormson (2017 Lyric Essay Award Winner), Kyle Owens (2017 Odd Story Award Winner), Billimarie Lubiano Robinson, K. D. Rose, Jackie Sizemore, Alan Steinberg, Curtis VanDonkelaar, Kelly Garriott Waite, Heather Gemmen Wilson. This issue contains all lyric and/or hybrid essays, and one Odd Story - the only piece of fiction in a nonfiction issue.