The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay, edited by Heidi Czerwiec and Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, is now available for preordering! The 5th volume in our award-winning Field Guide series, the newest Field Guide gives readers an extraordinary window into the methods of 26 expert practitioners at the leading edge of this ever-evolving genre. With original craft essays, exercises, and examples, each contributor offers reflection and instruction on how lyric essays can be constructed and what makes them unique. This Field Guide is an indispensable addition to the bookshelf of any reader, writer, or instructor intrigued by this inventive and expressive genre.

FEATURING ESSAYS FROM: Chelsea Biondolillo • KJ Cerankowski • Ching-In Chen • Oliver de la Paz • Danielle Cadena Deulen • Camille T. Dungy • Jeannine Hall Gailey • Rigoberto González • torrin a. greathouse • Kimiko Hahn • Lily Hoàng • Michael Kleber-Diggs • Rowan McCandless • Sarah Minor • Rajiv Mohabir • Vi Khi Nào • Aimee Nezhukumatathil • Natanya Ann Pulley • Diane Seuss • Sun Yung Shin • Brian Turner • Katrina Vandenberg • Julie Marie Wade • chaun webster • The Cyborg Jillian Weise • Marco Wilkinson

Nicole Walker, author of How to Plant a Billion Trees, writes: “Heidi Czerwiec and Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh have brought together some of the most exciting lyric essayists of our time. The insights, lessons, and exercises here show how to use formal techniques to rein in the beasts of imagination and inspirational prompts to unleash them. I have used Rose Metal’s Field Guides as textbooks in more classes than I can count. I can’t wait to teach the lyric essay so I can introduce students to the brilliance of this one.” Order your copy today!