Taylor Larsen is a graduate of Columbia University’s MFA program in fiction writing. Taylor currently teaches fiction writing for Catapult and The Sackett Street Writers Workshop. Taylor is the author of the debut novel, Stranger, Father, Beloved, which released in July 2016 (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster). She is the co-editor for the literary website, The Negatives. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Joyland, The Brooklyn Review, and Windmill: The Hofstra Journal of Literature & Art. Her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post, Bustle, Literary Hub, The Negatives, and Women Writers, Women’s Books.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
To Stop the Shrug: An Interview with Susannah Cahalan
Taylor Larsen talks to writer Susannah Cahalan about her new book, "The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission that Changed Our Understanding of Madness."...
Breaking Silence: Talking to Author Dylan Landis and Editor Michele Filgate About “What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About”
Taylor Larsen interviews Michele Filgate and Dylan Landis about their new anthology, "What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About."...
The Modern American Dilemma: Seth Greenland’s “The Hazards of Good Fortune”
Taylor Larsen praises “The Hazards of Good Fortune,” a new novel by Seth Greenland....
The Things with Real Teeth and Power: Two Novellas from Sam Pink
Taylor Larsen finds the work of Sam Pink unique and true....
Tiny Betrayals and Naughty Poeticism: Jenny Diski’s “The Vanishing Princess”
Taylor Larsen applauds the reissue of Jenny Diski’s 1995 story collection “The Vanishing Princess.”...
