Liza Jessie Peterson

Liza Jessie Peterson, the author of All Day: A Year of Love And Survival, is an artivist; an actress, playwright, poet, author and youth advocate who has been steadfast in her commitment to incarcerated populations both professionally and artistically for over two decades. Her critically acclaimed one woman show, the peculiar patriot, was nominated for a drama desk award and was featured at the 2020 democratic national convention, and is now available on audible. Her play was recently featured at the pulitzer center’s fall 2020 program and a documentary is currently in production about her performance at the notorious angola penitentiary where she performed the play in front of 700 inmates and was live streamed throughout the entire prison. She was featured in Ava DuVernay’s Emmy Award winning documentary, The 13th, and was a consultant on Bill Moyers documentary Rikers (pbs).