Taylor Hickney

A WLT intern, Taylor Hickney has a degree in English writing from the University of Oklahoma and will begin pursuing an MFA in fiction at the New School in August. Commas are important, and she hates surprises. A big thanks to Amy Poehler for getting her this far in life.

Parakeet Brings out the Delightfully Weird, Unexpectedly Wise Side of Marie-Helene Bertino

June 4, 2020 | Taylor Hickney

In this profile, one of Marie-Helene Bertino’s students at the New School provides a personal glimpse of the author, whose new novel, Parakeet, was published June 2. On the evening...
Not Just Another Stagecoach Western

June 20, 2018 | Taylor Hickney

Photo: Pixabay When you think of “westerns” as a genre, you might picture messy saloons, sun-kissed cowboys, and quick-draw duels. A lone tumbleweed rolls across the dirt road while the whistle from...
5 Writers We Love to Follow on Twitter

July 2018
Taylor Hickney

Author Rabih Alameddine regularly shares batches of fine art on his Twitter feed. Partridges in the Snow, by Józef Marian Chełmoński, was among his recent shares. It’s no secret that Twitter...
Amsterdam

July 2018
Taylor Hickney

Photo: Kirk Fisher/Pixabay Amsterdam is much more than first meets the eye. From afar, Amsterdam seems to consist of only the scandalous Red Light District and the somber Anne Frank House. But up clo...
What to See Now

April 16, 2018 | Taylor Hickney, James Farner

Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by Her Writings (Tate St. Ives, England) Through April 29, 2018 Virginia Woolf’s writing acts as a prism through which to explore feminist perspectives on la...