Lisa Marie Basile is a Brooklyn-based poet and writer. She's the author of the forthcoming "A Decent Voodoo," (Červená Barva Press, 2012) and a chapbook, "Diorama" (Wisp Press). The Poetry Society of New York will release her chapbook, "Andalusia," on Brothel Books. She is the founding editor and publisher of Patasola Press and currently reads poetry for Weave Magazine. She performs with the Poetry Brothel as Luna Liprari, and she is a member of the Poetry Society of New York. She is an M.F.A. candidate at The New School. She works for the PEN American Center as the prison writing program coordinator. She studied English Language and Literature at Pace University in Manhattan, where she won several writing awards, including first place in poetry and fiction in 2009.

A Decent Voodoo (Cervena Barva Press, 2012)

Triste (Dancing Girl Press, Chicago, 2012), White Spiders (Gold Wake Press, 2010)

Vwa: Poems for Haiti (Caper Literary Journal, 2010)

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