Lisa Alvarado Mailing Address: 2503B W. Winnemac  Chicago, IL  60625 County: Cook E-mail: alvaradomccain@earthlink.net Phone numbers: 773 293-3094 Genre: poetry, fiction, performance

Periodical Publications:

• 2004 Blithe House Quarterly, a LGBT literary journal
• 2004 Derriva, literary journal, Mexico City, D. F.
• 1996 Earth's Daughter
• 1996 Excurses: A Literary Review
• 1996 Women Celebrate: Breaking the Silence Into Joy
• 1996 Hammer's, a poetry journal
• 1995 Rhino, a poetry review
• 1995 Hammer's, a poetry journal
• 1994 WomaNews, WomanMade Gallery newsletter
• 1994 The Longneck, North Bank Writer's Group Publication
  

Book Publications:

• 1999 Housekeeper's Diary, Author, Editor, Publisher/City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
  

Forthcoming Publications:

• 2006 SisterChicas, a novel written with Ann Hagman Cardinal and Jane Alberdeston Coralin, Penguin/NAL
  

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• September, 2005 Writer's Residency, Ledig House/Art Omi International
• 1999 Community Arts Assistance Program, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
• 1997 Community Arts Assistance Program, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
• 1996 Community Arts Assistance Program, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
• 1996 Regional Artists Program, National Endowment for the Arts
• 1995 Community Arts Assistance Program, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
• 1995 Artist Residency Scholarship, Ragdale Foundatio
  

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• 2003 Big Goddess Pow-Wow, Chicago IL
• 2002 The Housekeeper's Diary, Midwest premiere, at Insight Arts, Chicago IL
• 2001 The Housekeeper's Diary, a multi-disciplinary performance in three parts, National premiere-Washington, D.C, produced in collaboration with Sol y Soul and Gala Hispanic Theater
  

Recent Workshops:
Present Employment: freelance writing work shops for adults and young adults
Preferred Audience: adults, young adults
Willing to travel: Yes
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