Lynne Nugent has been managing editor of The Iowa Review since 2003. Her personal essays have appeared in the North American Review, Brevity, the New York Times, Full Grown People, Mutha Magazine, and Hippocampus Magazine. Her essay “The Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card” was named a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2016. Find her at lynnenugent.wordpress.com or @lynne_nugent.