Mary Lou Buschi’s collections of poetry are Blue Physics (Lily Poetry Review Books 2024), Paddock (Lily Poetry Review Books 2021), Awful Baby, (Red Paint Hill 2015), and 3 chapbooks: Ukiyo-e, Tight Wire, and The Spell of Coming (or Going).
Mary Lou holds an MFA in poetry from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and a Master of Science in Urban Education from Mercy College. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals such as Ploughshares, FIELD, Willow Springs, Indiana Review, Radar, Thrush, Tar River, Cream City, Pank, Rhino, The Laurel Review, among others.
Mary Lou has been nominated for Best New Poets 2014. She was a finalist for Best of The Net Anthology, 2014. Mary Lou has received fellowships from The Santa Fe Writers Conference, Vermont Studio Center, and The New York City Teaching Fellows. Currently, she is a special education teacher in the Bronx. She lives in Nyack, New York with Max (dog) and Jeff (husband).