Lisa Teasley
American writer and artist
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Lisa Teasley is an American writer and artist. Her first book, the story collection Glow in the Dark (2002)[1] won the Gold Pen[2] and Pacificus Foundation[3] awards. Her second and third books, the novels Dive (2004)[4] and Heat Signature (2006),[5] address gender, race, intercultural and justice issues. Teasley’s fourth book is the story collection Fluid (2023).[6] She is the writer and presenter of the BBC television documentary “High School Prom” (2006),[7] and the librettist of the opera The Passion of Nell, for Long Beach Opera, 2026.[8] She was the Senior Editor, Fiction for the Los Angeles Review of Books from 2016-2021.[9] She lives in Los Angeles and Mendocino.[10]
Lisa Teasley | |
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| Born | July 22, 1964 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Notable works | "Fluid," Dive, Heat Signature, Glow in the Dark |
Early life and education
Lisa Teasley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to Larkin Teasley and Violet Teasley. Her father was African-American and former CEO of the largest black-owned insurance company Golden State Mutual[11] in the U.S., her mother was Panamanian and an accessories designer. Teasley studied English literature and Creative Writing at UCLA.[12] She studied art on summer scholarship at Otis/Parsons. Her first job was a paid internship with the Los Angeles Times, and then she worked as a researcher for Forbes magazine.[13]
Visual art
Lisa Teasley is also a visual artist. As a painter, she has had a one-woman show at the Watts Towers Art Center,[14] with John Outterbridge as director and curator. Her group shows include Brockman Gallery,[14] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Rental & Sales Gallery,[14] and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.[14] Teasley was a member of the former art collective HowDoYouSayYaminAfrican?, aka the Yams, who debuted their first film at the 2014 Whitney Biennial.[14]
Bibliography
Anthologies
Short stories
- Flash Fiction America, WW Norton, 2023[18]
- The Passenger: California, Europa Editions and Iperborea, 2022[19]
- Joyland, Retro Volume 1, No. 3, 2013[20]
- Women on the Edge, Toby Press, 2005[21]
- Shaking the Tree, Norton, 2003[22]
- Brown Sugar 4, published by Simon & Schuster, 2005[23]
- Brown Sugar 3, Simon & Schuster, 2004[24]
- Brown Sugar 1, Atria, 2001[25]
- Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature, Wiley, 2000[26]
- In The Tradition: An Anthology of Young Black Writers, Harlem River Press, 2000[27]
Essays
Poetry
- Beyond the Frontier, Black Classic Press, 2002[30]
Awards and honors
Literary Journals
Alta Journal
- Issue 28, Summer 2024, "Wendy Carmel, Carmel Wendy"
Black Clock
- Issue 5, Spring Summer 2006, “Modus Operandi”;
- Issue 7, Spring Summer 2007 “Late Blooming;
- Issue 10, Spring Summer 2009, “Joie de Vivre”;
- Issue 12, Spring Summer 2010, “Beach Volleyball is Church”;
- Issue 13, Fall/Winter 2010, “Mixed Tape” greatest hits issue “Joie de Vivre”;
- Issue 21, Spring Summer 2016, “Bang” (The Elephant Talker)
Kweli Journal
- Fall 2022, "Glossolalia"
The Markaz Review
- Issue 22, June 2022, “Death is Beautiful”
Parabola Magazine
- Fire Issue, 2021, "Lost and Found in the Fire"
- Belonging Issue, 2022, "The Only Black Person in the Room"
- Reality Issue, 2024, "A Brief Look at the Infinite"
- The Way of Magic Issue, 2024, "Curses"
Red Canary Magazine
- Winter 2023, "The Numerologist"
Zyzzyva
- Issue 99, 2013, “Full Circle”