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Lyz Lenz

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Lyz Lenz is the author of the book God Land (Indiana University Press, 2019) and Belabored (Bold Type Books, 2020). She lives in Iowa and works as a columnist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

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First Person Lyz Lenz Dec 10, 2019

I Used to Live in Paradise

Lyz Lenz Dec 10, 2019

Growing up in a Christian utopia of her parents' making, Lyz Lenz eventually realized the hubris of paradise is the idea that we can create it—and destroy it.