Eva Heisler has published two books of poetry: Reading Emily Dickinson in Icelandic (Kore Press, 2013) and Drawing Water (Noctuary Press, 2013, and excerpted in BOMB). Honors include the Poetry Society of America's Emily Dickinson Award, fellowships at MacDowell and Millay Arts, and, most recently, the 2021 Poetry International Prize.
Two Serious Ladies is named for the 1943 short novel by Jane Bowles.
“I have my happiness, which I guard like a wolf, and I have authority now and a certain amount of daring, which, if you remember correctly, I never had before.”
― Jane Bowles Two Serious Ladies