Poet and teacher Lisa Dordal will share insights from her own spiritual journey about the transformative power of poetry, meditation, and mysticism. Lisa is a Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University and is the author of two collections of poetry, Mosaic of the Dark, which was a finalist for the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and Water Lessons. Her third collection, Next Time You Come Home, is forthcoming in September.
Lisa Dordal holds a Master of Divinity and a Master of Fine Arts (in poetry), both from Vanderbilt University, and teaches in the English Department at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of Mosaic of the Dark, which was a finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry; Water Lessons, which was listed by Lambda Literary as one of their most anticipated books for 2022; and Next Time You Come Home (2023). Lisa is a Pushcart Prize and Best-of-the-Net nominee and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize, the Robert Watson Poetry Prize, and the Betty Gabehart Poetry Prize. Her poetry has appeared in The Sun, Narrative, Christian Century, Image, The New Ohio Review, Best New Poets, Greensboro Review, and CALYX. Her website is lisadordal.com.
UUCO is a welcoming congregation and invites you to join us this Sunday for services at 10:30 am. either in person or online. Unfortunately we are unable to publish the link to the service due to security concerns. Please contact Sandra Moss at [email protected] to have the link sent to you. Please request link before Sunday.
Lisa Dordal holds a Master of Divinity and a Master of Fine Arts (in poetry), both from Vanderbilt University, and teaches in the English Department at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of Mosaic of the Dark, which was a finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry; Water Lessons, which was listed by Lambda Literary as one of their most anticipated books for 2022; and Next Time You Come Home (2023). Lisa is a Pushcart Prize and Best-of-the-Net nominee and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize, the Robert Watson Poetry Prize, and the Betty Gabehart Poetry Prize. Her poetry has appeared in The Sun, Narrative, Christian Century, Image, The New Ohio Review, Best New Poets, Greensboro Review, and CALYX. Her website is lisadordal.com.
UUCO is a welcoming congregation and invites you to join us this Sunday for services at 10:30 am. either in person or online. Unfortunately we are unable to publish the link to the service due to security concerns. Please contact Sandra Moss at [email protected] to have the link sent to you. Please request link before Sunday.
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