Aileen Bassis

Poet

Long Island City , NY
New York US
Email: 
aileenbassis@gmail.com
Website: 
www.aileenbassis.com

Author's Bio

Bio:  Aileen Bassis is a visual artist and poet in New York City working in book arts, printmaking, photography and installation. Her use of text in art led her to study the craft of poetry. She’s the author of two chapbooks, “The Other Side of the Mirror” (Dark Onus Press) and “Advice for Travelers and other poems” (Black Sunflowers Press). Her journal publications include B o d y Literature, Spillway, Grey Sparrow Journal, Canary, The Pinch and Prelude. She was awarded two poetry residencies  to the Atlantic Center for the Arts and literary project grants from the NY State Council on the Arts and the Queens Arts Fund.

Writers Retreats: 
Prospect Street Writers House
Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
From Everywhere a Little (Water's Edge Press, 2019)
,
Sanctuary (Darkhouse Books, 2018)
Chapbook:
Advice for Travelers (Black Sunflowers Poetry Press, 2024)
Journal:
Lips
Prizes won: 

Associate Artist Residency to the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 2017, 2019 

Queens Arts Fund grant, 2024 

NYState Council on the Arts, Grant, 2025 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Elizabeth Bishop, Ada Limón, Derek Walcott, Seamus Heaney
What I'm reading now: 
House of Lords and Commons by Ishion Hutchinson , Post Colonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York City , NY
New York
Raised in: 
New York City , NY
New York
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Last update: Dec 15, 2024