Crafting the Lyric Essay—Adding to the Conversation

A Q&A WITH HEIDI CZERWIEC  

By Andrea A. Firth

Poet, essayist and educator Heidi Czerwiec has spent a lot of time talking about how lyric craft is being used in creative nonfiction—a conversation she believes is necessary and useful, and one that could benefit from expansion. Her recently released book Crafting the Lyric Essay: Strike a Chord is both a craft book and collection of essays that discuss and show how the lyric essay functions on the page, the craft techniques and strategies...