In Person...

Lisa will perform at a benefit for Move-On.org to raise money for last minute ad campaigns in swing states. Thursday, Octover 21 at Slim's, 333 11th St. in San Francisco. Bands, comedians, slam poets, raffles. Check it out! Doors open at 7. Lisa is scheduled to go on a 8. $10.00 cover.

Lisa will conduct a workshop, The Thrill of Performance Poetry, at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts as part of their Writer's Sampler series on Monday October 18, 2004.

In Print...

March 17, 2002 The San Francisco Chronicle will run "Remedy for Enron's Moral Anorexia" In the Insight section.

May 17, 2001 The Northern California Bohemain will run Tax Cut Lost in Space

March 28, 2001 The San Francisco Examiner will run "Coke gets schooled...but schools still on Coke" In the Op-Ed section.

Dec 28, 2000 The San Francisco Examiner will run "The Thankful Man's Question" In the Op-Ed section.

Oct 22, 2000 The San Francisco Chronicle will run "Activists: Don't Blow It" In the Op-Ed section.

Sept 20, 2000 The San Francisco Chronicle will run "Default Democrats: Defect!", Lisa's invitation to vote your conscience. In the Op-Ed section.

Feb 11, 2000 The San Francisco Chronicle will run "Charlie's Last Ride", Lisa's article memorializing San Francisco surfing legend Charlie Grimm and the era he helped shape. In the Op-Ed section.

Feb 24 , 2000 The San Francisco Chronicle will run Lisa's article on slam "SlamMania" in the Op-Ed section. It will be accompanied on the Chronicle's website (sfgate) by poems performed in the Feb. 13 San Francisco Slam, including Lisa's piece "Is that chicken organic?"

Over the Airwaves . . .

Remedy for Enron's Moral Anorexia will air on KPFA 94.1 FM as a commentary on Monday, April 22, 2002 at 7:30 AM

Daring to Imagine the "Impossible" will air on KPFA 94.1 FM as a commentary on Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 7:30 AM

Fruits of War: Bargain or Lemon? will air on KQED 88.5 FM as a "Perspectives" commentary on Friday, January 11, 2002 at 6:09 am, 7:37 am and 11:35 pm

When Irony is King, beware blowback will air on KQED 88.5 FM as a "Perspectives" commentary on Monday, October 29, 2001 at 6:09 am, 7:37 am and 11:35 pm

Why do you think they call it branding? will air on KQED 88.5 FM as a "Perspectives" commentary on Friday, August 17, 2001 at 6:09 am, 7:37 am and 11:35 pm

August 13-17, 2001, Lisa's poems will be featured on Poetic Fire, a telephone service featuring a new poem every day. Call 323/644-9780 to hear poems with music and special effects.

Coke gets schooled, but schools still on Coke will air on KQED 88.5 FM as a "Perspectives" commentary on Friday, May 18, 2001, at 6:09 am, 7:37 am and 11:35 pm

RX for a Culture of Extremes will air on KQED 88.5 FM as a "Perspectives" commentary. Wednesday, January 3, 2001, at 6:09 am, 7:37 am and 11:35 pm

The First Kill will air on KQED 88.5 FM as a "Perspectives" commentary. Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 6:09 am, 7:37 am and 11:35 pm

Adventures at the Wheel will air on KQED 88.5 FM as a "Perspectives" commentary. Friday, July 7, 2000 at 6:09 am, 7:37 am and 11:35 pm

Life in the Wheelchair Accessible Lane will air on KQED 88.5 FM as a "Perspectives" commentary. Thursday, May 25, 2000 at 6:09 am, 7:37 am and 11:35 pm

In Cyberspace

Lisa's poems(the boiling point of love, Cry Buona Notte, and Space Abuse Must End) are featured in the current edition of Exquisite Corpse (#9) http://www.corpse.org/issue_9/poesy/martinovic.htm

Lisa's poems (the girl with the parole officer and The Peruvian Purple Potato Teachings) are currently featured at the Arkansas Literary Forum. http://www.hsu.edu/dept/alf/2001/2001.html

Slammin'. . .

After competing in the last 6 National Poetry Slams (1995-2000), Lisa is on hiatus from slamming to focus on writing a screenplay--a scorching political satire that aspires to inspire multitudes.

On Stage . . .

July 12, 2000 Lisa will be among the poets performing at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco on Columbus Street in North Beach. The event will be celebrating the release of the official Poetry Slam Anthology.

May 28, 2000 at 8PM Lisa will perform at San Francisco's Paradise Lounge, 11th and Folsom Streets.

Co-featuring with fiction author Lynne Barnett