AWP 2019– Portland

Join Vickie for a book signing and cumbia dance party pop-up with poet Heidi Restrepo Rhodes, author of The Inheritance of … More

South East Los Angeles River Arts Festival, July 21, 2018

Photo: Kency Cornejo After dozens of amazing artists had performed, and following LA bands Quetzal … More

RaceCraft: A Symposium: A[…]* genealogy to the contemporary craft movement Barbara And Art Culver Center Of Arts, 3834 Main St., Riverside, … More

Everyone should visit the generous, lovely staff at the University of Arizona, Tucson’s Poetry Center. A tremendous … More

Thanks to Joseph Rios, here is a sample of the open mic at Macondo Writers’ Workshop 2016 in San Antonio. … More

Join me as I moderate two panels at the #AWP16 writers’ conference happening in LA this year! Latinx writers … More

Join Vickie Vertiz this school year as she hosts UC Riverside’s graduate student reading series. Come hear crisp stories, dangerous … More

Vickie will join the Roar Shack Reading Series in July for their Live Write! Live Writing is a thrilling feat … More

Come celebrate the official release of Swallows, my poetry collection just out from Finishing Line Press. Friday, June 7th ScholarMatch … More

As part of the reading series “LAnguage” at the Last Bookstore hosted by Mike the PoeT Sonkensen, Vickie Vértiz was … More

Tune in to KPFA 94.1 FM, the Bay Area’s Pacifica station, next Tuesday for “Pinay Poet on Setting the Standard.” … More

Join Vickie as she reads from her new book Swallows at Rainbow Gathering 4. It’s the fourth installment of UC … More