![]() ![]() ![]() It was first published in a TCG anthology ON NEW GROUND in 1986. Clements Theatre in 1983 and won her an NEA fellowship and entry into New Dramatists. She wrote two plays under the auspices of this workshop, GRACIELA and THE GUITARRON, which premiered at the St. At 31 she had never considered writing a play, but she was now hooked. On a whim, Alvarez accompanied a friend to a gathering of Hispanic writers at Miriam Colon's Puerto Rican Traveling Theater. ![]() But in the second matter - she continued to live, did not burn out but turned abruptly to playwriting in 1978. She did succeed in publishing much poetry, giving many readings and having two books published by Waterfront Press - THE DREAMING MAN (1981) and LIVING WITH NUMBERS (1986). In the first matter, she won a CAPS grant for poetry in 1979 and served as Vice President of the board of directors for Poets & Writers for ten years. Lynne Alvarez (1947 – 2009) arrived in New York in 1977 planning to be a hot-shot poet who burned out brilliantly and died young. ![]()
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