Lisa C. Taylor is an author whose prose and poetry have earned Pushcart Prize nominations. Her short stories and poems explore the intimate landscapes of human experience, often delving into themes of connection and solitude within unexpected settings. Taylor possesses a unique style that delicately captures the complexity of emotions and the inner lives of her characters. Her works are frequently lauded for their evocative atmosphere and insightful perspective.
In Taylor's second collection of short stories, a woman locks a man in an airplane bathroom, two brothers rewrite their past, and strangers in an airport are thrown together through tragedy. Taylor explores confinement and expansion with both humor and angst, as characters of all ages and backgrounds are continually forced to redefine their personal landscapes.
In summer 2009, two award-winning poets, Lisa C. Taylor from Connecticut, and Geraldine Mills from Galway, came to a little cottage in Carna on the west coast of Ireland to forge a link between their lives. The Other Side of Longing celebrates this collaboration. With the Atlantic Ocean as the central metaphor, they explore themes of culture, folklore, flora and fauna through a series of poems of call and response, weaving in and out of their own internal and external landscapes. This collaboration of poems is infused with each other's experience in all its humanity, while retaining the individual voice and lyrical honesty.