Elizabeth Alexander, poet at Obama's inaugural is published by small poetry press founded by Luis Rodriguez

Luis Rodriguez will be a presenter at the 20th annual Mendocino Coast Writers Conference in 2009. Here is an interesting item about the press he founded some years ago and the poet who will be the Inaugual Poet at Obama's Inauguration.

Tia Chucha Press, the small poetry press started by Luis J. Rodriguez twenty years ago in Chicago, is proud to announce that one of our best selling authors will be Barack Obama's Inaugural Poet on January 20, 2009 - she will be only the fourth inaugural poet in US history. Elizabeth Alexander is a major African American poet whose book "Body of Life" was published by Tia Chucha Press in 1996. Tia Chucha Press is now the publishing wing of Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore, also co-founded by Luis J, Rodriguez, located in the Northeast San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles. For more information go to www.tiachucha.com.com.