Irvine Valley College’s Lisa Alvarez publishes debut collection ahead of retiring

Irvine Valley College’s Lisa Alvarez publishes debut collection ahead of retiring

Lisa Alvarez’s first collection of short stories couldn’t have come out at a better moment. For 33 years, she’s been “happily teaching” at Irvine Valley College, all the while publishing the occasional poem, essay or story. The release of “Some Final Beauty and Other Stories,” though, coincides with her final year in the classroom. SEE ALSO: Like books? Get our free Book Pages newsletter about bestsellers, authors and more “In some ways, I think…