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What People Are Saying about Lisa Alvarado

• "Your honesty and precision are admirable. Your work is meaningful without being sentimental, detailed without being trite." DW Gibson, Executive Director, Ledig House International Writers' Residency


• "Lisa's poetry was stunning. It is not possible to experience it and not be affected in some significant way." Jacqueline Anderson, Producer, Mountain Moving


• "Her publishing efforts alone provides an important contribution to the local literary community, especially minority women writers." Michael Warr, Journalist, past Director, Guild Complex

• "She is a fine poet, able to address deep concerns in trenchant, crisp language." Luis J. Rodriguez, Author: Always Running, Publisher, Tia Chucha Press

Lisa Alvarado is a poet, performer, and installation artist, focusing on identity, spirit, and the body. She is the founder of La Onda Negra Press, and is author of Reclamo and The Housekeeper's Diary, originally a book of poetry and now a one-woman performance, and is the recipient of grants from the Department of Cultural Affairs, The NEA, and the Ragdale Foundation.

The Housekeeper's Diary, which dealt with her experiences as a domestic for one of Chicago's wealthiest families, premiered nationally in Washington, D.C. in 2001, as a co-production with Sol y Soul and Gala Hispanic Theater.
The Housekeeper's Diary was performed to sold-out audiences and critical acclaim in Chicago, 2002.

She has performed throughout the U.S. and in Ajijic, Jalisco in Mexico. Lisa and her work has been featured in the Reader, The Chicago Tribune, Latino USA/National Public Radio, and Public Radio International.

Her first novel, Sister Chicas (written with Ann Hagman Cardinal and Jane Alberdeston) was releases by in 2006 and on 2007, won the 2nd place Mariposa Award for Best 1st Novel in English/Latino Literacy Now. Penguin/NAL, and was released in April 2006.

In 2008, Floricanto Press released Lisa's newest book, Raw Silk Suture. (poetry)

What People Are Saying about Lisa Alvarado • "Your honesty and precision are admirable. Your work is meaningful without being sentimental, detailed without being trite." DW Gibson, Executive Director, Ledig House International Writers' Residency • "Lisa's poetry was stunning. It is not possible to experience it and not be affected in some significant way." Jacqueline Anderson, Produce... More