When she isn’t writing or watching movies, Lisa loves reading good books, karaoke with friends, playing with her pugs, and savoring divine Tex-Mex food.

There is a charm in thriving communities that I am madly in love with. Neighbors who know each other by name and recognize ...

In her debut novel 'Paradise Close,' out in paperback next month from Persea, the poet tells two intergenerational stories, ...