Lucy Ives is the author of two novels: Impossible Views of the World, published by Penguin Press; and, more recently, Loudermilk: Or, The Real Poet; Or, The Origin of the World, published by Soft Skull Press. Her writing has appeared in various publications, including Art in America, Artforum, The Baffler, frieze, Granta, and Vogue. She received a 2018 Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.