"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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Book Review: Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to The X-Files by Peter Knight
Is there a cabal of evil men working in the shadows to subvert the lives of every American citizen? Not according to Peter Knight's script.
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Book Review: Textual Poachers: Television Fans & Participatory Culture by Henry Jenkins
Scully, the Truth is out there - fans aren't passive consumers anymore.
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Book Review: Jambalaya - The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals by Luisah Teish
Luisah Teish, spring cleaning, and returning to the source.
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Book Review: Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light
C'mon over to the dark side, baby. Milt Rosenblum gives you one sweet ride.
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Book Review: Being Bodies
The bearable lightness of being. Being Bodies illuminates women's lives and the human search for self-knowledge.
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The Body of Knowledge: Deena Metzger and Revamping the World
Deena Metzger posed some questions 20 years ago that rocked post-feminist sensibilities. This woman asks some dangerous questions.
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Words That Raise The Dead: An Interview with Poet Martín Espada
Martín Espada offers objects lessons on the power of poetry, on rewriting history, and the all-pork diet.
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Border Violations: An Outsider Finally Comes Home
Chicanisma, finding yourself, and forging identity: taking you the long way home.
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Book Review: The Republic of Poetry - Poems by Martín Espada
A wake-up call for the body politic, and Martín Espada will hit you where you live.
Demetria Martinez speaks truth to power and capitivates in this collection of trenchant, on-the-money essays.
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