Olivia Taylor
Ph.D. Student
Education
Palm Beach Atlantic University, B.A in English, 2019; Baylor University, M.A. in English, 2021
Research Interests
Olivia’s research interests are Shakespeare reception, detective fiction, mermaid literature, creative writing
Selected Publications
Creative writing: Her novel, Welcome to the Paradise Motel, just got accepted for publication by Apprentice House Press. Poems, including "Fruit Stands" and "Scent of Scotland" published in The Lamp graduate literary journal 2022
Academic publications: Review of “Booth” by Karen Joy Fowler, in The Mark Twain Journal, 61, no. 2, Fall 2023
“Virginia Woolf and the Quest for a Woman Writer’s Utopia.” SAMLA News 38 (2018): 9-11
Courses Taught
ENG 1310 2021-2022 at Baylor University; colloquiums on creative writing, Agatha Christie, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Awards
Beall Poetry Festival's Poetry in the Arts, Inc. Dr. James E. Barcus Prize for the poem "Hibiscus" in 2020