Gretchen Lida

Gretchen Lida is an essayist and an equestrian. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Brevity, The Rumpus, The Washington Independent Review of Books, and many others. She teaches composition in Illinois, lives in Wisconsin, sometimes lives on Nantucket Island and is still a Colorado Native.

Comparing Rafia Zakari’s AGAINST WHITE FEMINISM to Seyward Darby’s SISTERS IN HATE

My Grandfather Gave Me a Copy of I CAPTURE THE CASTLE. 20 Years Later I Understand Why.

Small Presses Perfect for Instagram Poetry

On Loving, Reading, and Writing Good Horse Books

A Case for Being Kind to Tired Booksellers

On Learning to Embrace Audiobooks as a Reader

Relearning How to Wear Shoes at Post-Pandemic Author Readings

The Death of An Ostrich in Helen MacDonald’s VESPER FLIGHTS

An Elegy to Paper Advance Reader Copies

AMERICAN HARVEST and Life Between the Urban and Rural Divide