Aileen Bassis is a visual artist and poet in NYC with a practice in book arts, printmaking, photography and installation. She began exploring the craft of poetry after retiring from teaching elementary school art. She’s the author of two chapbooks, “The Other Side of the Mirror” (Unlikely Books)  and “Advice for Travelers and other poems” (Black Sunflowers Press). Her collection, "Among Sinners and Saints," is forthcoming in 2026 from Shanti Arts. Her journal publications include B o d y Literature, Spillway, Grey Sparrow Journal, Canary, The Pinch and Prelude. Her artist books are in many public collections including libraries at Yale, RISD, Swarthmore and Wellesley. She was awarded poetry residencies to Yaddo and the Atlantic Center for the Arts and grants in Literature from NY State Council on the Arts and the Queens Arts Council. www.aileenbassis.com