Lisa Rizzo

Poet

Portland, OR

Oregon US

Email:

lisagpoet@gmail.com

Website:

www.lisarizzowriter.com

Author's Bio

Lisa Rizzo is a poet and middle school language arts teacher who manages to combine her love of words and poetry with her day job. She was born in Texas, grew up in Chicago and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area 30 years ago. She now lives in San Carlos, CA. Rizzo has participated in many poetry workshops around the Bay Area. For five years, she led a poetry workshop herself, which culminated in the self-publication of a group chapbook titled Five Windows. B.A. - Northwestern University, English; M.A. - San Francisco University, Education

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:

From the Porch Swing (Silver Boomer Books, 2010)

Chapbook:

In the Poem an Ocean (Big Table Publishing Company, 2010)

Journals:

13th Moon

Bellowing Ark

Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women

Earth's Daughters

Prizes won:

1st and 2nd prizes in the 32nd Annual Bay Area Poets Coalition Poetry Contest 2012

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Born in:

Mt. Pleasant

Raised in:

Chicago, IL

Illinois

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Last update: Jan 20, 2022