What happens when your arch nemesis shows up at a random Commerce quinceañera in the same Payless platforms? Find out here at…
The Time is Now: Radical Feminism at Rock Camp in Southeast LA
Excerpts from the KCET Departures’ essay, “The Time is Now for Chicas Rockeras in Southeast L.A.”: After the “Radical Body…
Lost Girl: Tales of Loving and Leaving El Monte
Having narrowly escaped death, what Benita had to say couldn’t wait. The day she found her old journal in a…
Topless women in sheer nightgowns, burning chile, and teenage softball girls in love: my new essay is up!
Read the essay, “Kissing,” a chapter from my memoir right now at The Offing. The essay will also be in…
A Man in His Backyard: sightseeing in City of Commerce with author Stephen Gutierrez
Read Vertiz’s new essay on KCET: “A Man in His Backyard: sightseeing in the City of Commerce with author Stephen…
Vertiz teaches free classes in Boyle Heights, sponsored by the Center Theater Group
HOY Los Angeles newspaper wrote a feature on Vickie Vertiz, detailing her desire to teach creative writing, her upcoming book,…
Latina Leadership in Bell Gardens, a new KCET essay
“In the parking lot of the Food-4-Less supermarket on the corner of Atlantic and Slauson, two high school students stood…
How Eleven Brothers Made El Pescador a Thriving Set of Family Restaurants
After five presidents and three recessions, El Pescador seafood restaurants are more popular than ever. Read my new essay on immigrant…
New Essay on KCET’s Departures
“…now I know what the garden gives.” – Jorge Segura, educator and photographer, Downey, CA Read a love letter I…
“Pets”– a cine poem
For those with philandering fathers or a penchant for the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, I offer you a cine…
On KCET’s Departures, “Bell Gardens? That’s Indian town!”: 1980s Pow Wows and Cultural Persistence
My family has lived in Bell Gardens since 1976, but we never drove past a pow wow at a local…
What You See, What You Take With You, in UCLA’s Parrafo magazine
Along with many talented writers, the awesome Sesshu Foster among them, Vickie published a poem in Parrafo magazine’s Los Angeles…
A Lover’s Letter to Morrissey
(as shared by Dr. Melissa Hidalgo at Cal State San Bernardino and at the National Association Chicana/Chicano Studies Conference, 2014)…
KCET Communities: “Pioneers of Artistic Revolution: Making Art and Space in Southeast L.A.
As part of an ongoing project about the importance of the 710 corridor in Los Angeles, Vickie Vertiz contributed an…
Pets, a video poem
This poem is included in the collection, Swallows.
El Monte Forever: A Brief History of Michael Jaime-Becerra
As the third installment of the Tropics of Meta series, East of East: Mapping Community Narratives in South El Monte and El…
Vertiz Hosts UC Riverside MFA Reading Series
Join Vickie Vertiz this school year as she hosts UC Riverside’s graduate student reading series. Come hear crisp stories, dangerous…
South El Monte Arts Posse: A Birthday Party Book Release Video
http://vimeo.com/74256993 In May of this year, Aimee Suzara and I had a joint book release party in El Monte. If…
ROAR SHACK- It Takes a Year
Vickie will join the Roar Shack Reading Series in July for their Live Write! Live Writing is a thrilling feat…
Swallows Book Release Parties, Bay Area, June 7-9th
Come celebrate the official release of Swallows, my poetry collection just out from Finishing Line Press. Friday, June 7th ScholarMatch…
Vértiz Featured on KCET’s Departures
As part of the reading series “LAnguage” at the Last Bookstore hosted by Mike the PoeT Sonkensen, Vickie Vértiz was…
Video Poem- “Pets”
Kenji Liu directed a video poem for my new poetry book SWALLOWS. Click here to listen and watch, “Pets.” Dolores…
The Next Big Thing- Swallows
First I’d like to thank Arisa White for inviting me to be a part of The Next Big Thing, a…
KPFA with Luis Rodriguez and Ching-In Chen, Tuesday, February 11, 2013
Tune in to KPFA 94.1 FM, the Bay Area’s Pacifica station, next Tuesday for “Pinay Poet on Setting the Standard.”…
Reading at Skylight Books, Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30pm
Join Vickie as she reads from her new book Swallows at Rainbow Gathering 4. It’s the fourth installment of UC…
An Excerpt from the new collection, Swallows
Tocaya There’s an i and an e at the end of my name Mom and Dad did not pick the…
Swallows Pre-sale: Saturday, December 15, 2012
Pre-order the poetry collection, Swallows, starting December 15, 2012 from Finishing Line Press.
Riverside Youth Opportunity Center Open Mic
Join me as I host the Youth Opportunity Center Open Mic this Friday, December 7, 4-6 PM. Come witness the…
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