L. Vella lives and works in Iowa City. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a BA from the University of Michigan. Her poems have appeared in DIAGRAM, Bat City Review, Black Warrior Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Sugar House Review, and others. She is an editor for Ancient Exchanges, an online literary journal of translations of ancient texts.
DIAGRAM: "Obliquity," "Dusking," "Subterfuge," and "Marrow" (Issue 22.6, December 2022)
Bat City Review: "Vestige" (Issue 14, March 2018)
Black Warrior Review: "Hum," "Lunulate," "Invertebrate," "Precipice," "Unravel" (Issue 44.1, Fall/Winter 2017)
Tupelo Quarterly: "Reverb" (Issue 13, October 2017)
Sugar House Review: "Lush," "Lung," "Fistula" (Issue 15, Spring/Summer 2017)
Birdfeast: three poems from "Dear Kaleidoscope, In Lieu Of" (Issue 13, Winter 2017)
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet: "Thirst," "The Way to the Sea," "Spit Out the Seeds," "The Seamstress," "Poor summer, she doesn’t know she’s dying" (Issue 26, November 2010)
Bat City Review: "Vestige" (Piece of the Week, December 8-14, 2021)
Black Warrior Review: "Craft Essay: Dear Kaleidoscope: On the Poems in Black Warrior Review." (44.1 Online Feature, December 2017)
October 26, 2022: Iowa City Poetry's Today You Are Perfect monthly reading series, with Adrienne Rose and Skylar Alexander (Zoom)
June 27, 2023: Iowa City Poetry's Today You Are Perfect monthly reading series, with Ashley Elizabeth and Mackie Garrett (Zoom)
For all inquiries, email linvella@gmail.com.
