Elizabeth Lukács Chesla is the daughter of Hungarian refugees and a mother of three. Her award-winning fiction debut, You Cannot Forbid the Flower, was published in 2023. She writes, edits, and teaches from the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Liz holds an MA in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University and certificates in Transformative Language Arts and trauma-sensitive yoga. She teaches writing and literature courses and is an emerging literary translator. A dedicated and compassionate editor and educator, Liz serves as fiction editor for Consequence Forum and senior editor for Inch and Meter. She teaches at Gwynedd Mercy University.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE | Gwynedd Mercy University | Introduction to Literature | Literary Monsters | Multicultural Literature | Introduction to Poetry | College English | Transformative Language Arts Network | The (Extra)Ordinary Moment: The Art and Craft of Micro-Memoir | Telling It Slant: The Art of Autofiction | Polytechnic University, now Tandon School of Engineering, NYU | Introduction to Composition | Writing and the Humanities I & II | The Short Story | Contemporary American Novel | Science and Literature | Critical Thinking | Writing for Publication: The Magazine Article | Seton Hall University | College English I | New York University School of Continuing Education | Developmental Writing | Writing Workshop I & II | New York Institute of Technology | Basic Reading and Writing | College Composition I & II | Borough of Manhattan Community College | Basic Writing Skills | Intensive Writing (ESL) | Mercy University Fundamentals of Exposition | Written English and Literary Studies | Berkeley College | Composition I & II | Research Techniques and Report Writing | World Literature
MEMBERSHIPS | American Hungarian Educators Association | American Hungarian Foundation | Association of Writers & Writing Programs | Transformative Language Arts Network
ELIZABETH LUKÁCS CHESLA 