Lisa Mangini

Professional Bio

Lisa Mangini is the author of five collections of poetry and short prose. Some of her work can be found in McSweeney's, Ms. Magazine, Mid-American Review, Memoir Mixtapes, and other publications that may or may not begin with the letter M. She is the Founding Editor of Paper Nautilus, an independent chapbook press, and has overseen the Red Weather Reading Series since 2017. Some classes she's taught at Penn State include ENGL 15, 50, 202B, 212, 213, 215, and the RCL sequence. You can find her at lisamangini.com or knitting in her living room.