Eve Lyons Member Member since 2010

Poet, fiction writer, playwright

Fiction Poetry

Eve Lyons lives in the Boston area with her spouse, her 14-year-old son, and her dog Scout. Her poetry has appeared in Lilith, Literary Mama, Hip Mama, Mutha Magazine, PIF, Welter, Prospectus, Barbaric Yawp, WordRiot, Dead Mule of Southern Literature, as well as several anthologies. Her first book, Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World, was published in May of 2020 by WordTech Communications. She has also published four short stories and two poetry chapbooks. Her stories have been published in Wome’s Words, Blood & Bourbon, Word Riot, Panoply, and Snoozine. Her plays can be found on New Play Exchange.

Interview with Eve Lyons

Do you read literary journals and magazines regularly? If so, which are your favorites?

Literary Mama, Mutha magazine, Trigger Warning, Welter, Lilith all come to mind as publishing high quality work. Some others are sadly defunct.

Who are your literary (or artistic) heroes?

Langston Hughes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Marge Piercy, Audre Lorde, Joy Harjo, Stephen Dunn, Charles Bukowski

If you could only take one book on a ten-year voyage, what book would you choose?

Probably a good anthology of feminist poets, if I can find one, because I'd want the variety

How much of a typical day (or week) are you able to dedicate to your creative work?

Inconsistent. Which I would love to see change.

What makes you procrastinate when you could be doing your creative work? What are your strategies for finding focus?

Chores, my phone, work, spending time with my family...

How do you celebrate your successes, such as acceptances? How do you handle rejections and other setbacks?

Share on social media when I get published. Commiserate with my writing group and writing friends when I am rejected.

How much time do you spend reading for pleasure or edification?

1-10 hours a week depending on how engrossed I am.

Do you have a personal creative style? How would you describe it?

I love pantoums and haikus but I tend toward free verse more than form.

Where do you find inspiration?

Poetry and poets, interesting visual art and music, making art

For your first draft (or sketch), do you prefer analog or digital tools, or a mix?

I almost exclusively write on my computer or my phone. I often will use voice to text for a first draft of a poem, a great way to write when I am out and about.

Do you incorporate generative AI/LLMs into your creative process? If so, how?

Absolutely not. Fuck AI.

What is your favorite word and why?

FUCK

Are you an unreliable narrator?

Aren't we all?

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2026