Lisa Marie Basile

Teaches at Brooklyn Brainery

Lisa Marie Basile comes from the bloodline of Giambattista Basile,
the Italian fairy-tale writer. The only water sign in a family of fire
signs, LMB escaped to NYC a decade ago.

She is a graduate of The New School’s MFA program for creative
writing. The author of Andalucia (The Poetry Society of New York) and
Triste (Dancing Girl Press), her newest chapbook, war/lock, is
forthcoming from Hyacinth Girl Press in 2014. Recently, Noctuary Press,
run from University of Buffalo, accepted her full-length poetry
collection, APOCRYPHAL.

Her work can be seen in PANK, kill author, Johns Hopkin’s The Doctor
T.J. Eckleburg Review, decomP, Saudade Review, La Fovea, Prick of the
Spindle, elimae & Pear Noir! among many other publications.
She is the founding editor of Patasola Press, a micropress that
focuses on emerging, established and female writers. She has taught
poetry at The Brooklyn Brainery and at Westfield High School, wears a
#bookdress and is a main performer for The Poetry Brothel.
She is an assistant editor for Fifth Wednesday Journal and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize twice.

She is the founding editor of Luna Luna Magazine, a mischievous and sexy online daily magazine, finely curated with pieces about women’s culture, lifestyle and art.