Lisa Marie Basile is a Pushcart-nominated poet and freelance writer. She's a graduate of The New School’s MFA program in Writing. She is the author of Andalucia (Brothel Books) and Triste (Dancing Girl Press). Her chapbook, war/lock, is forthcoming from Hyacinth Girl Press in 2014. She is the founding editor of Patasola Press, a NY-based micropress that focuses on emerging, established and female writers. She is an assistant editor for Fifth Wednesday Journal. Lisa has taught poetics and culture at The Brooklyn Brainery and is a managing producer of the Poetry Society of New York.