Lisa Mangini holds an MFA from Southern Connecticut State University. She is the author of a poetry collection ("Bird Watching at the End of the World"), 2 poetry chapbooks ("Slouching Towards Entropy" and "Immanuel Kant vs. God"), and a fiction chapbook ("Perfect Objects in Motion"), all forthcoming throughout 2014. Lisa founded Paper Nautilus, an independent literary magazine and small press, in 2011. She teaches English composition and introductory creative writing courses at Southern Connecticut State University and Asnuntuck Community College.