Risa Kaparo, Ph. D. Mailing Address: 121 W Chestnut St. #3306 Chicago, Il 60610 County:Cook Phone: 312 642-7474 e-mail: risa@somaticlearning.com Genre: Poetry and Non-fiction

 

Periodical Publications:

• POETRY:
  Arts: "Disappearing Sands," "Night Whispers"
  Blue Unicorn: "Deanna's Magic Keys"
  ETC., A Review of General Semantics: "Waste," "Awake"
  East Bay Journal: "Home," "The Sounding Bowl"
  Poetry: Manzanita Quarterly Literary Review: "Salad", "The Legacy," "To A Gypsy Lover"
  More E-Prime: To Be or Not II; An anthology, (International Society of General Semantics):"Waste"
  Poetry Flash: "Sorting Eggs" first published under the title "Letter To Myself"
  Poetry USA: "China: A Photograph"
  Small Times: (Victoria, Australia) "To A Gypsy Lover"
  The Dallas Review: "Portrait of Two" first published as "Midnight," "Six O'clock," "Sundown," and Ten O'clock"
  The Phoenix Journal: "After the Fire Storm"
  " The Legacy"; Manzanita Quarterly Literary Review, (Winter, 2001) vol 4, #2
  PoetryMagazine.com: "Salad," "Shorn," "China,""Legacy," Blades" Jan 2002 issue
  Psychological Perspectives: "Exequy of Sand," and "Night Currents"
  SugarMule: "The Cracked Bowl" issue 11 June 15, 2002
  Wellness Associates Journal: "Thirty-sixth Return," "Almost Four"
  Writing For Our Lives: "Ellegy for Father," "Encounter"
  
• ESSAYS:
  " Poetry and E-Prime: Some Preliminary Thoughts"; ETC., A Review of General Semantics, Special Issue: The E-Prime Controversy, (1992, Summer) Concord, CA, vol. 49, #2, p180-182.
  " Poetry and E-Prime: Some Preliminary Thoughts"; More E-Prime: To Be or Not II; An anthology edited by D. Bourland, P. Dennithorne, and J. Klein, International Society of General Semantics, (1995) Concord, CA., p85-89.
  " Godmothering Circles"; Wellness Associates Journal; Afton, VA, (1996, Fall Equinox), Issue 38, p8.
  " Thoughts on 'Mother-Daughter Revolution' "; Wellness Associates Journal; Afton, VA, (1996, Fall Equinox), Issue 38, p6-7.
  " Developing A Self Referencing System: The Matrix, Part I" ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Concord, CA (1997, Winter) vol. 53. p422-440.
  " Developing A Self Referencing System: The Matrix, Part II" ETC: A Review of General Semantics, (1997, Spring) vol. 54, #1. p77-93.
  " Developing A Self Referencing System: The Matrix, Part III" ETC: A Review of General Semantics, (1997, Summer) vol. 54, #2. p187-201.
  " Somalogics Writing Experiments: Deepening the Dialogue with Oneself" E Prime III, An anthology edited by D. Bourland, International Society of General Semantics, (1997) Concord, CA. p289-300.
  
• ARTICLES:
  Wolfe, Ellen (1994, Fall) "Extending Awareness... For Health and Creative Living" The American Patriot Magazine Irvine, CA. p. 22-28. An interview and article of Dr. Kaparo's work.
  " Extending Awareness...For Health and Creative Living: An Interview with Dr. Risa Kaparo" By Ellen Wolfe. ETC., A Review of General Semantics, (1995, Summer) vol. 52, #2. p228-236.

Book Publications:

• "Embrace" Scarlet Tanager Books, 2002

Forthcoming Publications:

• Gravity

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• POETRY AWARDS:"Dissappearing Sands"; 1998 poetry competition, Borders Books and Garden Island Arts Council.

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Featured Reader: Cody's Book, Berekeley, CA
  Border's Books, Poetry Award's Ceremony, Kaua'i
  Oakland Arts Center, Oakland, CA

Recent Workshops:

• Creative Writing

Present Employment:

• Teaches creative writing internationally for Inquiry, a nonprofit institute.

Preferred Audience:

• Enjoys all

Willing to travel:

• Anywhere