Summer Lecture Series: Lyz Lenz: The Right Way to Fight for Your Life

724 South 12th Street,Omaha NE 68102

07 June, 2023

Description

Free Admission The power of storytelling is paramount in the struggle for liberation. Writer, author, and whisky drinker Lyz Lenz will be discussing our stories and how we share them to open up our world and make it a better place. Lyz Lenz’s writing has appeared in The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, the Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, Pacific Standard, and others. Her book, God Land, was published in 2019 through Indiana University Press. Her second book, Belabored, was published in 2020 by Bold Type Books. Lyz’s essay, All the Angry Women, was also included in the anthology, Not That Bad, edited by Roxane Gay. Her third book, This American Ex-Wife, will be published by Crown. Lyz received her MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. She writes a regular newsletter, Men Yell At Me, where she explores the intersection of politics and our bodies in red-state America.