Lisa DeSiro

Lisa DeSiro is the author of Simple as a Sonnet (Kelsay Books, 2021), Labor (Nixes Mate, 2018), and Grief Dreams (White Knuckle Press, 2017). Her work is featured in Writers Resist: The Anthology (Running Wild Press, 2018), Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press, 2017), and Thirty Days: The Best of the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project’s First Year (Tupelo Press, 2015), as well as in many literary magazines. Several of her poems have also been set to music and performed; some of these collaborations can be heard on the albums Currents and Living in Light. Along with her MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University, Lisa has degrees from Binghamton University, Longy School of Music, and The Boston Conservatory. She is employed full-time as an Assistant Editor in Marketing & Creative Services at Boston University. In addition, she freelances as a professional collaborative pianist.