Sex Poetics: Erotic Writing that Doesn't Suck
Taught by Lisa Marie Basile
Lisa Marie Basile comes from the bloodline of Giambattista Basile, the Italian fairy-tale writer. The only water sign in a family of fire signs, LMB escaped to NYC a decade ago.
She is a graduate of The New School’s MFA program for creative writing. The author of Andalucia (The Poetry Society of New York) and Triste (Dancing Girl Press), her newest chapbook, war/lock, is forthcoming from Hyacinth Girl Press in 2014. Recently, Noctuary Press, run from University of Buffalo, accepted her full-length poetry collection, APOCRYPHAL.
Her work can be seen in PANK, kill author, Johns Hopkin’s The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review, decomP, Saudade Review, La Fovea, Prick of the Spindle, elimae & Pear Noir! among many other publications.
She is the founding editor of Patasola Press, a micropress that focuses on emerging, established and female writers. She has taught poetry at The Brooklyn Brainery and at Westfield High School, wears a #bookdress and is a main performer for The Poetry Brothel.
She is an assistant editor for Fifth Wednesday Journal and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize twice.
She is the founding editor of Luna Luna Magazine, a mischievous and sexy online daily magazine, finely curated with pieces about women’s culture, lifestyle and art.
For poets and non-poets alike!
There's nothing worse than cheesy sex writing! So, let's make sure not to propagate that by writing good sex poetry. In Sex Poetics, we'll read poetry (and some prose) that deals with sex - beautiful sex, raunchy sex, sad sex. Then, we'll also explore our own voices; we will write poetry or prose-poetry and workshop it (informally), the goal being to create a piece of work that explores our own sensual and sexual ideas (usually loaded with issues of our psyches) while honing our craft. This class is meant for fun, to exercise our creative appetites and share good work with people around us.
From Sappho, Christina Rosseti, Sharon Olds, Kim Addonizio and Adrienne Rich to Marguerite Duras, Ariana Reines, Octavio Paz and Sandra Cisneros to emerging poets in the New York City area, there are plenty of poets that infuse passion and sexuality into their work. Class attendees are welcome to bring poems in as well!
By the 2nd class, the class will produce 1-3 poems, either written based off of fun prompts or organically, and we'll discuss which poets execute sex well, and which don't.
