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Eastern Iowa Review's 2019 Best Lyric Prose Plus print anthology is now available! Choice selections from Issues 1-6 & 8. You can find it on Amazon.
One reader said this: "I love the format, the layout, and just the feel of it. It's a beautiful book. But more than that, I've loved the content! It's really full of great writing. I find the landscapes, the people, and the words of the different pieces to be so powerful. I can't think of another anthology that I liked this much. I consistently enjoyed all of the pieces, which, considering how varied they are, is really something."
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ISSUE 14
(NOVEMBER/DECEMBER SELECTIONS)
NOVEMBER
Eli Coyle - "After the Beat Museum in San Francisco" (prose poem)
PB Johnson - "Airstream" (flash memoir)
Kara Knickerbocker - "[I should have always stayed flying. I should have never stopped writing]" (prose poem)
Melinda Ruth - "Dundalk, MD 2006" (prose poem)
Eli Coyle - "After the Beat Museum in San Francisco" (prose poem)
PB Johnson - "Airstream" (flash memoir)
Kara Knickerbocker - "[I should have always stayed flying. I should have never stopped writing]" (prose poem)
Melinda Ruth - "Dundalk, MD 2006" (prose poem)
DECEMBER
Melissa Darcey - "A Toga, A Dress, A Cardigan" (creative nonfiction)
Geoff Sawers - "A Tree Half in Flames" (prose poem)
Travis Stephens - "Baba Yaga Thinks of Love" (prose poem)
Melissa Darcey - "A Toga, A Dress, A Cardigan" (creative nonfiction)
Geoff Sawers - "A Tree Half in Flames" (prose poem)
Travis Stephens - "Baba Yaga Thinks of Love" (prose poem)
From readers:
--"I was truly inspired by the writing I saw in the Eastern Iowa Review...." (February 2021)
--"Wow! I love your Literature Review and ... your lyrical, linguistically unique aesthetic. I loved 'White Out' by Adam Berlin and ‘Bethlehem, Baby, Bethlehem’, by Daniel Edward Moore...." (February 2021, Issue 13)
--"It's an honor to have my work appear alongside the other pieces too. They're rich, of very high calibre." (from a contributor, February 2021, Issue 13)
--"... in these ongoing uncertain times, I find your thoughtful review a welcoming destination."(October 2020)
--"I love EIR's attention to lyric language. (If only there were more editors like you in the publishing world.)" (October 2020)
--"Eastern Iowa Review is such a fantastic magazine. It offers whimsy, music, and reassurance that somehow the luminous will prevail. As such, it brings solace. Thank you for bringing it to life, Chila." (July 2020)
--"I was truly inspired by the writing I saw in the Eastern Iowa Review...." (February 2021)
--"Wow! I love your Literature Review and ... your lyrical, linguistically unique aesthetic. I loved 'White Out' by Adam Berlin and ‘Bethlehem, Baby, Bethlehem’, by Daniel Edward Moore...." (February 2021, Issue 13)
--"It's an honor to have my work appear alongside the other pieces too. They're rich, of very high calibre." (from a contributor, February 2021, Issue 13)
--"... in these ongoing uncertain times, I find your thoughtful review a welcoming destination."(October 2020)
--"I love EIR's attention to lyric language. (If only there were more editors like you in the publishing world.)" (October 2020)
--"Eastern Iowa Review is such a fantastic magazine. It offers whimsy, music, and reassurance that somehow the luminous will prevail. As such, it brings solace. Thank you for bringing it to life, Chila." (July 2020)
