Elizabeth Metzger is the author of Lying In (2023), as well as The Spirit Papers (2017), winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry, and the chapbook Bed (2021). Her poems have been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Poetry, American Poetry Review, The Nation, and Poem-a-Day. Her essays have been published in Boston Review, Guernica, Conjunctions, PN Review, and Literary Hub, among others. She is a poetry editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books and lives in California.
Elizabeth Metzger
Articles
Draw the Black Straw: On Jean Valentine’s “Light Me Down”
Elizabeth Metzger reviews Jean Valentine’s “Light Me Down: The New & Collected Poems of Jean Valentine.”
Who Shall Remember How? Palestinian Poets Respond
Four Palestinian poets write in a time of catastrophe.
Scrolling Through Poetry: A Conversation with @poetryisnotaluxury
Elizabeth Metzger interviews anonymous Instagram poetry curator @poetryisnotaluxury.
Featuring Emily Dickinson and Phoebe Bridgers: A Conversation with Andrew Bird
Elizabeth Metzger interviews Andrew Bird about his new single, “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,” featuring Phoebe Bridgers.
Palindrome as Portal, Existence as Performance: On Danielle Blau’s “peep”
Elizabeth Metzger considers “peep” by Danielle Blau.
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