Taylor Polites

Taylor Polites is a Senior Lecturer at Rhode Island School of Design, holding advanced degrees in Creative Writing (MFA, MA) from Wilkes University and a BA in History and French from Washington University. Based in Providence, Rhode Island, he combines academic instruction with his literary career.

• Email: tpolites@risd.edu

Research Interests

• Historical fiction set in the 19th-century American South
• Deconstructing Southern literary mythologies
• Reconstruction-era social dynamics
• Women's narratives in wartime contexts
• Historic landscape analysis

Publications & Recognition

• Recipient of the Norris Church Mailer Fellowship (2009)
• Author of The Rebel Wife (2012), a Southern Gothic novel challenging antebellum myths
• Contributor to Knitting Yarns and Providence Noir anthologies

Additional Activities

Active in arts journalism for publications like artscope magazine and CapeAir's in-flight magazine Bird's Eye View. Maintains a personal blog exploring historical landscapes and creative projects.