Lisa Allen is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in venues such as The Boston Globe, in addition to more than a decade of experience as a reporter for financial publications including LevFin Insights and The Deal. She is writing a book about the nourishment women artists’ work has provided on her journey through infertility, pregnancy, and new motherhood.
Select Works
Kayaking the Charles gave me a whole new perspective (The Boston Globe)
The winter before last, my husband and I decided that we would kayak the entire Charles River. The plan was an antidote to bad-weather blues, something to dream about while we were trapped indoors. We wanted to venture beyond the routes we had already paddled. Read more
It was the perfect embryo, full of possibility (The Boston Globe)
The glossy photo of a circle full of circles gave us hope. We never once believed, as the Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled, that we were gazing at an ‘extrauterine child.’ Read more
Utopia Lost (Arrowsmith Press)
People go to Clifton’s Cafeteria to see the place that inspired Walt Disney to build Disneyland. They go to soak in the atmosphere that helped Ray Bradbury imagine life on other planets. Clifton’s is a trippy Los Angeles legend that served cafeteria food to everyone from Charles Bukowski to the mom from Lassie. I didn’t seek it out for the usual reasons; I turned up there because they let my grandpa sleep in the alley behind the kitchen during the Great Depression. Read more
INQUIRIES
Are you looking to hire a freelance writer to cover a New England-based (or online) event, festival, class, conference, performance, outdoor activity, or something completely different? Please reach out—I love trying new things and writing about them. I am also interested in picking up articles about my areas of expertise, such as reproductive rights, women’s issues, parenting, hiking, kayaking, environmental issues, vegetarian cooking, and life in Boston.
