Lisa Dordal teaches in the English Department at Vanderbilt University and is the author of Mosaic of the Dark, which was a finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry; Water Lessons (2022); and Next Time You Come Home (2023). Her poetry has appeared in The Sun, Narrative, Image, Christian Century, The New Ohio Review, Best New Poets, CALYX, and Essential Queer Voices of U.S. Poetry.
