Lisa Dordal

Lisa Dordal is a poet who teaches in the English Department at Vanderbilt University, where she is a Writer-in-Residence. She holds an M.Div. and an M.F.A. in poetry from Vanderbilt. She has published three poetry collections with Black Lawrence Press: Mosaic of the Dark, Water Lessons, and Next Time You Come Home. Her first was a finalist for the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. Her poems have appeared in journals including The Sun, Narrative, Image, and The New Ohio Review, and she has received several poetry prizes, including an Academy of American Poets Prize.