Lisa C. Taylor

Poet, Fiction Writer

Mancos, CO
Colorado US

Author's Bio

Creativity is an antidote to an overly online world. My workshops and mentoring relationships are spontaneous and fluid. I help writers and would-be writers to become better observers. After decades of working with children (grade 2 and up) and adults in both an arts high school and a university, I've developed many unique strategies. I'm happy to work with seniors, adults, teens and educators, and I can travel for readings or workshops (post-Covid), particularly anywhere near the ocean or mountains. My second collection of fiction, Impossibly Small Spaces was published in summer of 2018. I have five published collections of poetry, including the brand new collection, Interrogation of Morning (2022) and two chapbooks. I publish in both Ireland and the United States and have done many events for Irish-American groups, libraries, community centers, senior centers, high schools, and private schools. I started teaching for writers.com online during Covid and I offer both poetry and fiction classes for writers of all levels.

Writers Retreats: 

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
Impossibly Small Spaces (Arlen House, 2018)
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Growing a New Tail (Arlen House, 2015)
Journals:
Bartleby Snopes
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Crannóg
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Poetry

Anthologies:
Washing Windows? Irish Women Write Poetry (Arlen House, 2017)
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XY Files: Poems on the Male Experience (Sherman Asher Publishing, 1997)
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Written With a Spoon (Sherman Asher Publishing, 1995)
Books:
Interrogation of Morning (Syracuse University Press, 2022)
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Necessary Silence (Syracuse University Press, 2013)
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Insufficient Thanks (Finishing Line Press, 2012)
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The Other Side of Longing (Syracuse University Press, 2011)
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Talking to Trees (Finishing Line Press, 2007)
Journals: ,
Birmingham Poetry Review
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Crannog
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Kimera
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Midwest Poetry Review
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Red Rock Review
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Wavelength
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Xanadu
Prizes won: 

Hugo House New Works Award in Fiction, 2015, Elizabeth Shanley Gerson Lecturer in Irish Literature, with Geraldine Mills, 2011 AAUP Faculty Development Award, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018. Pushcart nominations in fiction and poetry. Fellowships at Vermont Studio Center and Willowtail Springs. Residency at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Colm Toibin, Colum McCann, Nuala O'Connor, Elizabeth Strout, Geraldine Mills, Alan McMonagle, Patricia Smith, Ada Limon, Richard Blanco, Tony Hoagland, WS Merwin, Terrence Hayes, Baron Wormser...and many others.
What I'm reading now: 
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty, Geriatric Pilgrim by Richard Wile

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Raised in: 
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Last update: Jan 20, 2023