Necessary Silence

Lisa C. Taylor holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Stonecoast/University of Southern Maine. She has three published collectionsof poetry, two published collections of short stories, and her forthcoming novel, The Shape of What Remains, will be published in March, 2025. Lisa's honors include the Elizabeth Shanley Gerson Lecture in Irish Literature with Irish writer Geraldine Mills, a Surdna Arts Fellowship that enabled her to spend a summer in Ireland, a Hugo House New Works Fiction Award, Pushcart nominations in fiction and poetry, and Best-of-the-Net nominations in fiction and poetry. She's received writing residencies from the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland, Vermont Studio Center, and Willowtail Springs in Colorado. Her work has appeared in anthologies and numerous literary journals. Lisa formerly taught creative writing at a university and an arts magnet high school. She currently teaches online, presents at writing conferences nationwide, and codirects the Mesa Verde Writers Conference with writer, Mark Stevens.