03.26.06: LISA BUSCANI

Lisa Buscani got her start in Chicago's performance poetry scene and ultimately became a National Poetry Slam Champion as well as a Pushcart Prize nominee for poetry. A three-time CAAP grant recipient, she has published one book of poetry, Jangle (Tia Chucha Press) and has produced three critically and publicly acclaimed solo shows, "Carnivale Animale," "At That Time" and "Solid Citizen."

She has been featured in poetry anthologies such as Alive from the NuYorican Poets Cafe (Holt), Word Up (Keyporter Books/EMI), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry (Alpha Penguin), American Poetry: The Next Generation (Carnegie- Mellon Press) and Spoken Word Revolution (Sourcebooks). She has appeared on HBO, CNN, PBS, Much Music and NPR. She is currently the executive director of the Poetry Center of Chicago.

Listen to Lisa on The Lit Show (RealMedia Streaming)