Led by author Lisa Marie Basile, this two-session writing workshop explores the autumnal poetics of absence, longing, & memory. Together, we’ll read work by poets who dwell in the space of memory, then write into the emotions of nostalgia and melancholia.

All writing levels welcome!

Registration Required. Please cancel your registration if you are unable to attend so that those on the waitlist may join.

If you’re on the waitlist, we’ll email you right away if a spot opens. If you don’t hear from us, the class is full—but we hope you’ll join us for a future session!

About the Instructor: Lisa Marie Basile is an author, poet, and editor based in Jersey City, NJ and NYC. She is the author of a few books of poetry, including SAINT OF (White Stag Publishing, 2025), Nympholespy (Inside the Castle, 2019, which was a finalist in the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards selected by Bhanu Kapil), Apocryphal (Noctuary Press, 2014), and Andalucia (The Poetry Society of New York, 2012). She’s also written non-fiction, including Light Magic for Dark Times. She holds an MFA from The New School in NYC and is the founding editor of Luna Luna Magazine.

JCFPL Creative Arts Center
242 10th Street, Jersey City, NJ (entrance on corner of Jersey + 10th St.)