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Lisa Alvarez

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Community college professor, occasional poet, author of "Some Final Beauty and other Stories" (Univ. of Nevada Press) https://unpress.nevada.edu/9781647791971/some-final-beauty-and-other-stories/ Se llama el Golfo de México.

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Gustavo Arellano's Weekkly, Canto CDXX: Lisa Alvarez, Profe to the OC Revolution On Irvine Valley College Professor Lisa Alvarez

Honored to be the subject of Gustavo Arellano's canto today! Canto CDXX: Lisa Alvarez, Profe to the OC Revolution.

04.10.2025 18:05 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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"You See Their Feet": Grounding and Grace in Lisa Alvarez's Some Final Beauty | Citric Acid

Rebecca Schultz reviews "Some Final Beauty and Other Stories" in the new issue of Citric Acid. "The collection feels like a gift to its readers and, especially, a gift to Southern California, a place Alvarez clearly loves and that she truly sees."

www.citricacid.ink/issue-15/you...

01.10.2025 13:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Soon in San Diego! On Saturday October 11, join me, Emily Greenberg and legendary singer-songwriter (and writer) Cindy Lee Berryhill. Intro by Bibliocracy Radio (KPFK) host Andrew Tonkovich. Free admission.

7:00 PM
San Diego Writers, Ink
2730 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 204

30.09.2025 05:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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My joy this challenging week was listening to Jon DiSavino's reading of my story "Manuel." The first 40 minutes of the podcast is our conversation and his masterful reading of this story starts just after the 40 minute mark.
Here's the link: shortstorytoday.com

19.09.2025 06:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Review: Some Final Beauty Chicana Chicano Literature y más, Latina Latino Literature, cultura, criticism, reviews. Oldest Chicana Chicano Literature blog in history.

An insightful read! Michael Sedano's framing the collection through the theme of "bilocation," which surfaces in the first story, taught me something about my own work. Check it out.

09.09.2025 21:10 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LA friends, a week from today, join me at Beyond Baroque for my LA book launch for “Some Final Beauty and other stories.” I’ll be sharing the evening with Adolfo Guzman-Lopez and Daniel Olivas. Saturday Sept. 5. Doors open at 7:00. Reading starts at 7:30. $10.00

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29.08.2025 19:54 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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On Friday September 5, join Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Daniel Olivas and me at Beyond Baroque, 7:30 PM as we read from “new works exploring resistance rooted in place, adding their voices to the contemporary Chicanx literary landscape.” In person at Beyond Baroque ($10.00) and live on YouTube.

23.08.2025 23:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Irvine Valley College writing professor pens a new chapter, just before retirement Lisa Alvarez publishes her first book, "Some Final Beauty" at the start of last year teaching at Irvine Valley College

Honored to be the subject of this story, which discusses my new book, "Some Final beauty adn other stories," in the context of my teaching career at IVC.

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16.08.2025 05:06 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A week from now, on Sat 8/16, I'll celebrate "Some Final Beauty and Other Stories" with a book launch at LibroMobile. I'll be in conversation with OC Poet Laureate Gustavo Hernandez. Join us for conversation, reading, and a reception. Cake! Rebel Girl IPA! Good people!

10.08.2025 00:28 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Pub Day to "Some Final Beauty and other stories"! Hope to see some of you at the upcoming events: Sat. 8/16 at LibroMobile in Santa Ana; Fri. 9/5 at Beyond Baroque in Venice; Sat. 10/11 at Writers, Ink in San Diego and Wed. 10/22 at UC Irvine. Details to follow.

05.08.2025 18:27 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Hi Peter! I have been encouarged to use social media so here I am doing just that! So good to see you this summer!

01.08.2025 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Andrea Bowers | VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES

All credit and glory to the artist Andrea Bowers whose work graces the cover of my book. I was so happy when she said yes when I asked. vielmetter.com/artists/andr...

01.08.2025 17:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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15 New Books for August This month, we’ve got our eyes on Feasts on the Farm, Regaining Unconsciousness, Automatic Noodle, and 12 other titles by writers on the West.

"Some Final Beauty" is one of Alta Journal's picks for August! Check it out: "In this story collection... Alvarez delivers a funny and moving trove of stories that celebrate lives full of purpose and hope." www.altaonline.com/books/g65492...

01.08.2025 16:07 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

It's here!

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30.07.2025 00:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Five months away from publication day! Galleys are here. Media folks, let me know if you want one. Grateful for the support. unpress.nevada.edu/.../some-fin...

06.03.2025 23:14 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

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