The term Lyric Essay was first used in the early 1990s by poet and essayist Deborah Tall and was defined in the Seneca Review in 1997: “The lyric essay takes from the prose poem in its density and shapeliness, its distillation of ideas and musicality of language.”
We’re joined by 4 authors who’ve used the lyric essay in their own writing: Julie Marie Wade, Jill Talbot, Elissa Washuta, and Annaliese Jakimides.
