Lisa Victoria Chapman Jones was born on August 15,1961 and is an American playwright, essayist, journalist, and memoirist.
10 Facts About Lisa Jones
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Lisa Jones is the daughter of poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka.
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Lisa Jones graduated from Yale University and received a MFA in Film from New York University.
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Lisa Jones married Kenneth S Brown in 2004 and their daughter was born in 2005.
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Lisa Jones's sister, Kellie Jones, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University.
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Lisa Jones joined the staff of the Village Voice in 1984 and wrote for the paper for 15 years.
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Lisa Jones was known for her "Skin Trade" columns in the Village Voice, a selection of which were published as a book, Bulletproof Diva, in 1994.
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Lisa Jones published a memoir, Good Girl in a Bad Dress, in 1999.
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Lisa Jones co-wrote three books with Spike Lee, all companion books to his films: Uplift the Race: The Construction of School Daze, published in 1988, Do the Right Thing, published in 1989, and Mo' Better Blues, published in 1990.
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Lisa Jones created three works for the New American Radio series of National Public Radio: Aunt Aida's Hand, Stained, and Ethnic Cleansing.