"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
Lisa Alvarado is a poet, novelist, and performance artist. She is the author of The Housekeeper's Diary, Reclamo, and Sister Chicas. In 2007, Sister Chicas was the 2nd place winner of the Mariposa/International Latino Book Award for Best 1st Novel in English. She also shares her views and literary criticism on La Bloga.
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Interview: Magic, Inc. and Jay Collen - A Slice of Everyday Enchantment
Keep your Hogwarts! Chicago's got Magic, Inc, a store with a show biz pedigree and the gentleman magician Jay Collen.
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Interview: Rich Villar — Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Rich Villar, Acentos — a poet of muscularity and sensitivity and an organization dedicated to feeding the community's soul.
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Book Review: Reel Knockouts by Martha McCauley and Neel King
Bad girls, mean girls — they're out there, they're up on the screen, they're and they're not going away.
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More Truth in a Plain Brown Wrapper: An Interview with Poet Tara Betts, Part Two
More conversation with Tara Betts — a poet of directness, soulfulness, and clarity. This is a woman who knows the power of words.
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An Interview with Poet Tara Betts: Truth in a Plain Brown Wrapper, Part One
Tara Betts - a poet of directness, soulfulness and clarity. This is a woman who knows the power of words.
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A Flower In Her Heart: An Interview With Writer Jane Alberdeston Coralin, Part Two
More conversation with Jane Alberdeston Coralin, writer of fiction and poetry that stirs the soul.
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A Flower In Her Heart: An Interview With Writer Jane Alberdeston Coralin, Part One
Jane Alberdeston Coralin, writer of fiction and poetry that stirs the soul - lush, lush language that creates a thirst, then slakes it.
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Words that Flow Water: An Interview with Ann Hagman Cardinal
Ann Hagman Cardinal is a deep acquifer of writing, and The Gift of the Cuentista is a revelation...
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Evette Cardona, Amigas Latinas and Celebrating Hermanas
Evette Cardona and Amigas Latinas — a woman who's opened doors in more than one community and an organization that celebrates Latinas who love women.
Victorine Meurent, more than Manet's model, more than odalisque. Artist, creator, a woman trapped not by her failings, but history.
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