Lyz Lenz

Lyz Lenz is a writer and editor.[1][2][3] Born in 1982, she is a columnist at The Cedar Rapids Gazette and previously served as managing editor of The Rumpus. Her writing has been published by various publications including the Columbia Journalism Review and The Gazette,[4] and she wrote a book titled God Land that explores her personal experiences and the role of religion and politics in rural America during the Trump era.[5][6][7]

Lenz moved from Vermillion, South Dakota to Minneapolis while in high school and graduated from Eden Prairie High School. She has an undergraduate degree from Gustavus Adolphus College.[6] A divorced mother, she wrote in Glamour (magazine) about her self-imposed 2-year hiatus from cooking.[8] She has belonged to evangelical churches but came into conflict with their orthodoxies including on the role of women in church and exclusion of gay and lesbian people.[9]

In September 2019 she was a moderator for an LGBTQ discussion with U.S. presidential candidates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[10]

Bibliography
  • Belabored, anticipated spring 2020, Bold Type Books
  • God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America, August 1, 2019, Indiana University Press[11]
  • "All the Angry Women", essay in the anthology Not that Bad edited by Roxane Gay
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References
  1. Norcia, Alex (September 3, 2019). "The Faith You Can't See: A Q&A With Lyz Lenz" – via www.thenation.com.
  2. "Book Review: 'God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America' by Lyz Lenz". July 8, 2019.
  3. "Quick Q&A: Lyz Lenz". Indianapolis Monthly. August 13, 2019.
  4. "Lyz Lenz | The Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa City". www.thegazette.com.
  5. Jones, Sarah (August 16, 2019). "'I Don't Really Believe In Bubbles:' Lyz Lenz On Her Book, God Land". Intelligencer.
  6. Wood, Drew (August 16, 2019). "Lyz Lenz Talks About God Land". Mpls.St.Paul Magazine.
  7. "Surviving "God Land" in the age of Trump: Lyz Lenz on faith, politics and the Midwest". Salon. August 2, 2019.
  8. Nast, Condé. "Now That I'm Divorced, I'm Never Cooking for a Man Again". Glamour.
  9. Lenz, Lyz (July 31, 2019). "You can have a church or be a free woman – but having both is a struggle" – via www.theguardian.com.
  10. USA Today Presidential Forum https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/09/21/joe-biden-lgbtq-forum-tense-exchange/2400830001/ Presidential Forum Check |url= value (help). Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. Nobriga, Charity Nebbe, Katelyn Harrop, Shirley Wang, Sthefany. ""God Land" Explores Modern Faith In The Midwest". www.iowapublicradio.org.
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