Lisa Gale Garrigues
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Lisa Gale Garrigues, also published as Lisa Garrigues, is a California writer, journalist, poet, and photographer who covered South America and is a contributing editor
for YES! Magazine
. In 2004 she won a Project Censored
award in journalism for her coverage of the people's response to the economic crisis in Argentina
, and has also published fiction, essays, and poetry in both English and Spanish.
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As a correspondent for the magazine Indian Country Today
, in 2008 she completed and reported on Longest Walk 2, which went from Alcatraz Island
, California, to Washington, D.C., to draw attention to environmental problems and Native American
sacred sites.
. In the 1970s, she lived in San Francisco, England, France, and Spain, where she witnessed the decline of the dictator Francisco Franco
and co-translated, with Alberto Esquival, the first Spanish translation of the folksinger Woody Guthrie
's autobiography, Bound for Glory
.
She published her first poems and essays in the 1980s in periodicals which included Conditions, Pudding Magazine, and Writer's Digest
. In 1984, she earned a B.A. in English from San Francisco State University
.
In San Francisco and Los Angeles, she worked in education, marketing, film and as a legal investigator for criminal and civil rights cases. She continued to publish poetry and fiction in diverse literary journals
, including Nimrod International, Southwestern American Literature, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Rain Crow, So to Speak, Anthology, God's Friends, Literal Latte
, and other periodicals. She read and performed her work in diverse venues, including San Francisco's The Marsh
.
In 2001, she moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, which was then experiencing an economic meltdown. For two years, she worked as an English teacher and freelance correspondent for Pacific News Service
and Yes! Magazine
, participating in the Argentinian neighborhood assemblies that were then springing up around the city. In Buenos Aires, she edited the website Argentina Now http://argentinanow.ar.tripod.com/index.html, was a regular contributor to the Argentinian website elatico.com http://www.elatico.com/, and was associate producer of the documentary Hope in Hard Times.
She returned to Latin America
in 2005, where she traveled throughout Peru and Bolivia for two years, working as a freelance writer/photographer for Indian Country Today
, Yes Magazine and Tikkun, reporting on the new Bolivian government of Evo Morales
, the effects of natural gas
exploitation in the Camisea region of Peru, liberation theology
http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/Garrigues-NewFacesofaLiberatingGod/print, and other topics.http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/results?keywords=camisea+garrigues&searchType=gen&startmonth=1&startday=1&startyear=2001&endmonth=7&endday=24&endyear=2009&children=true&submit=Search
In 2008, she joined the Longest Walk 2, a five month walk across the United States to draw attention to the environment and Native American sacred sites, and reported on the walk and other Native issues for Indian Country Today.
She currently lives in Oakland,California.
Contributing editor
A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. The contributing editor regularly contributes articles to the publication but does not actually edit articles, and the title...
for YES! Magazine
YES! Magazine
YES! Magazine is a non-profit, ad-free magazine that covers topics of social justice, environmental sustainability, alternative economics, and peace. The magazine is published by Positive Futures Network, founded by David Korten and Sarah van Gelder; Korten's wife, Fran Korten, is the publisher. ...
. In 2004 she won a Project Censored
Project Censored
Project Censored is a non-profit, media criticism and investigative journalism project within the Sonoma State University Foundation. It is managed through the School of Social Sciences at the university....
award in journalism for her coverage of the people's response to the economic crisis in Argentina
Argentine economic crisis (1999-2002)
The Argentine economic crisis was a financial situation, tied to poilitical unrest, that affected Argentina's economy during the late 1990s and early 2000s...
, and has also published fiction, essays, and poetry in both English and Spanish.
As a correspondent for the magazine Indian Country Today
Indian Country Today
Indian Country Today Media Network is a weekly U.S. newsmagazine that is the primary national news source for Natives, American Indians, and Tribes in the U.S. and Alaska. The ICT Media Network revealed their new online multi-media news platform in January 2011; it is a daily, hourly, or "as news...
, in 2008 she completed and reported on Longest Walk 2, which went from Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island is an island located in the San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. Often referred to as "The Rock" or simply "Traz", the small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a Federal...
, California, to Washington, D.C., to draw attention to environmental problems and Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
sacred sites.
Biography
Garrigues (born 1954 in Los Angeles, California) attended public schools in Los Angeles, Berkeley, Geneva (Switzerland), and Bellingham, WashingtonBellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
. In the 1970s, she lived in San Francisco, England, France, and Spain, where she witnessed the decline of the dictator Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
and co-translated, with Alberto Esquival, the first Spanish translation of the folksinger Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
's autobiography, Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory (book)
Bound for Glory is the partially fictionalized autobiography of folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie. The book describes Guthrie's childhood, his travels across the United States as a hobo on the railroad, and towards the end his beginning to get recognition as a singer...
.
She published her first poems and essays in the 1980s in periodicals which included Conditions, Pudding Magazine, and Writer's Digest
Writer's Digest
Writer's Digest is an American magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles....
. In 1984, she earned a B.A. in English from San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
.
In San Francisco and Los Angeles, she worked in education, marketing, film and as a legal investigator for criminal and civil rights cases. She continued to publish poetry and fiction in diverse literary journals
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
, including Nimrod International, Southwestern American Literature, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Rain Crow, So to Speak, Anthology, God's Friends, Literal Latte
Literal Latte
Literal Latte is a bi-monthly literary journal based in New York City and edited by Jenine Gordon Bockman. It was founded in June 1994. The journal published its last print edition in July 2003, but has continuously maintained an online version since November 1996...
, and other periodicals. She read and performed her work in diverse venues, including San Francisco's The Marsh
The Marsh
The Marsh is an American theater company that specializes in developing new performance. It is located in the Mission District of San Francisco, California.-History:...
.
In 2001, she moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, which was then experiencing an economic meltdown. For two years, she worked as an English teacher and freelance correspondent for Pacific News Service
Pacific News Service
Pacific News Service is a nonprofit media organization founded in 1969 by Franz Schurmann, the historian, and Orville Schell, a noted author, journalist and Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley...
and Yes! Magazine
YES! Magazine
YES! Magazine is a non-profit, ad-free magazine that covers topics of social justice, environmental sustainability, alternative economics, and peace. The magazine is published by Positive Futures Network, founded by David Korten and Sarah van Gelder; Korten's wife, Fran Korten, is the publisher. ...
, participating in the Argentinian neighborhood assemblies that were then springing up around the city. In Buenos Aires, she edited the website Argentina Now http://argentinanow.ar.tripod.com/index.html, was a regular contributor to the Argentinian website elatico.com http://www.elatico.com/, and was associate producer of the documentary Hope in Hard Times.
She returned to Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
in 2005, where she traveled throughout Peru and Bolivia for two years, working as a freelance writer/photographer for Indian Country Today
Indian Country Today
Indian Country Today Media Network is a weekly U.S. newsmagazine that is the primary national news source for Natives, American Indians, and Tribes in the U.S. and Alaska. The ICT Media Network revealed their new online multi-media news platform in January 2011; it is a daily, hourly, or "as news...
, Yes Magazine and Tikkun, reporting on the new Bolivian government of Evo Morales
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma , popularly known as Evo , is a Bolivian politician and activist, currently serving as the 80th President of Bolivia, a position that he has held since 2006. He is also the leader of both the Movement for Socialism party and the cocalero trade union...
, the effects of natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
exploitation in the Camisea region of Peru, liberation theology
Liberation theology
Liberation theology is a Christian movement in political theology which interprets the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of a liberation from unjust economic, political, or social conditions...
http://www.tikkun.org/article.php/Garrigues-NewFacesofaLiberatingGod/print, and other topics.http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/results?keywords=camisea+garrigues&searchType=gen&startmonth=1&startday=1&startyear=2001&endmonth=7&endday=24&endyear=2009&children=true&submit=Search
In 2008, she joined the Longest Walk 2, a five month walk across the United States to draw attention to the environment and Native American sacred sites, and reported on the walk and other Native issues for Indian Country Today.
She currently lives in Oakland,California.
Poetry
- Seeing is Bright Between My Hands (chapbook), Blue Amber Press, 1994
- Reinventing Fire (chapbook), Wild Spiral Press, 2000
- Sky Full of Holes (chapbook), Lizard Blue Press, 2001
Fiction
- "The Night I Spent with My Grandmother's Lover," Literal Latte http://www.literal-latte.com/author/lisagarrigues
- "Dreamspinner," Pacific Coast Journalhttp://www.frenchbreadpublications.com/pcj/fiction/garrigues1.html
Essays
- "Building Protective Walls," Yes Magazine, Summer, 2006 http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/health-care-for-all/1522
- "La Mejor Resistencia a la Inhumanidad Es La Humanidad," Campo Grupal, Issue 39, 2003 (Spanish)http://en.calameo.com/books/000049129da04aea29c82
- "Los Blancos," El Atico, May 5, 2003 (Spanish)http://www.elatico.com/htms/notas/nota_07118.html
- "La Visita," El Atico, May 22, 2003 (Spanish)http://www.elatico.com/htms/notas/nota_08133.html
- "Cuando Yo Te Vuelva a Ver," El Atico, July 28, 2003 (Spanish)http://www.elatico.com/htms/notas/nota_09140.html
Translations
- Con Destino A La Gloria (Bound For Glory), Star Books, Producciones Editoriales, Barcelona (1977) ISBN 978-84-365-0959-5 (with Alberto Esquival)
Awards
- First Prize, Fiction, Pacific Coast Journal, 1999 http://www.frenchbreadpublications.com/pcj/contest.html
- First Prize, Prose, Anthology Magazine, 2000 http://azpoetrypedia.com/index.php?title=Anthology_magazine_Annual_Contest_Winners
- Project Censored Award, Journalism Department, Sonoma State UniversitySonoma State UniversitySonoma State University is a public, coeducational business and liberal arts college affiliated with the California State University system. The main campus is located in Rohnert Park, California, United States and lies approximately south of Santa Rosa and north of San Francisco...
, 2004. - Golden Eagle Award, Best Documentary, Hope in Hard Times (associate producer) http://www.cine.org/directories/2005-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf