Lyz Lenz

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Lyz Lenz
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Education Gustavus Adolphus College (BA)
Occupation(s)Author, writer, editor
Website lyzlenz.com

Lyz Lenz (born 1982) is an American author and editor. She was previously a columnist at The Cedar Rapids Gazette and served as managing editor of The Rumpus . She is the author of God Land and Belabored. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Life and career

Lenz moved from Vermillion, South Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota while in high school and graduated from Eden Prairie High School. She has an undergraduate degree from Gustavus Adolphus College. [5] Lenz belonged to Evangelical churches but came into conflict with their orthodoxies including on the role of women in the church and the exclusion of gay and lesbian people. [6]

Lenz's writing has been published by publications including the Columbia Journalism Review , The Washington Post , and The Gazette. A divorced mother, she wrote in Glamour about her self-imposed 2-year hiatus from cooking. [7]

In September 2019, Lenz was a moderator for an LGBTQ discussion with U.S. presidential candidates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. [8] She was accused of racial bias based on her line of questioning with Kamala Harris contrasted with the questioning she gave Elizabeth Warren. [9]

Lenz's first book, titled God Land explores her personal experiences and the role of religion and politics in rural America during the Trump era, including accounts of visits to and meetings with groups such as the Rural Home Missionary Association. [10] [11] [5] [12] Her second book, Belabored, focuses on the rights and autonomy that pregnant women ought to be afforded, the ways in which religion and politics impacts how pregnant women are treated in the U.S., and her own experience of being pregnant. [13]

In 2005 Lenz moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lyz Lenz | The Gazette - Cedar Rapids, Iowa City". www.thegazette.com.
  2. ↑ Stall, Sam (August 13, 2019). "Quick Q&A: Lyz Lenz". Indianapolis Monthly (Interview).
  3. ↑ Boscaljon, Daniel (July 8, 2019). "Book Review: 'God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America' by Lyz Lenz". Little Village.
  4. ↑ Norcia, Alex (September 3, 2019). "The Faith You Can't See: A Q&A With Lyz Lenz" – via www.thenation.com.
  5. 1 2 Wood, Drew (August 16, 2019). "Lyz Lenz Talks About God Land". Mpls.St.Paul Magazine.
  6. ↑ Lenz, Lyz (July 31, 2019). "You can have a church or be a free woman – but having both is a struggle". The Guardian .
  7. ↑ Lenz, Lyz (November 26, 2018). "Now That I'm Divorced, I'm Never Cooking for a Man Again". Glamour .
  8. ↑ Madhani, Aamer (September 21, 2019). "LGBTQ forum moderator says Joe Biden called her 'a real sweetheart' after tough questions". USA Today .
  9. ↑ Ring, Trudy. "LGBTQ Forum Moderator Accused of Racial Bias Against Kamala Harris". The Advocate .
  10. ↑ "TRAP SHOOTING WITH PASTORS". August 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ Jones, Sarah (August 16, 2019). "'I Don't Really Believe In Bubbles:' Lyz Lenz On Her Book, God Land". Intelligencer.
  12. ↑ Keane, Erin (August 2, 2019). "Surviving "God Land" in the age of Trump: Lyz Lenz on faith, politics and the Midwest". Salon.com .
  13. ↑ Lenz, Lyz (August 24, 2020). "I had a serious complication in childbirth, and no one even told me". TODAY .
  14. ↑ Lenz, Lyz (July 31, 2019). "You can have a church or be a free woman – but having both is a struggle". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  15. ↑ Newman, Judith (February 20, 2024). "A Clever, Joyless Look at the 'Commonplace Horror' of Marriage". The New York Times.
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