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Vickie Vértiz

Writer, Educator, Advocate

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Tag: California

KCET Story: Third-annual Southeast L.A. River Arts Festival held entirely online

Where else are you going to see a Latinx Bob Ross in huaraches this weekend? And naturally, Beto RosSela (see … More

art, Art Walks, Bell, Bell Gardens, California, Chicas Rockeras Southeast LA, Cudahy, DIY, Downey, entrepreneurship, home, Huntington Park, Los Angeles artists, los angeles dance, Los Angeles writing, Lynwood, Paramount, South Gate, southeast LA, Southeast Los Angeles, women, writing

How Bell Gardens is Banking on Bicycle Club Casino’s Luxury Hotel

The sign illuminates eight lanes of the neighboring 710 Freeway. In contrast to the new monument to luxury, the gritty … More

Bell Gardens, California, Communities for a Better Environment, environment, environmental justice, environmental racism, Exide, Gov.Brown, Governor Jerry Brown, immigrants, KCET, KCET Departures, Latino immigrants, Latinos, los angeles, pollution, South east LA, South Gate, southeast LA, Southeast Los Angeles, Vernon, Vickie Vertiz, working families, working-class

Recent writing, news, and posts

  • April 2021 Readings
  • Virtual AWP 2021 panel, “The Woven Verse: An Exploration of the Latinx Verse Novel in Kidlit”
  • Toyoteria: Jaime Muñoz’s Apparitions of Faith
  • On family violence and waiting for the Big One
  • “1989 Caprice Classic,” a poem
  • KCET Story: Third-annual Southeast L.A. River Arts Festival held entirely online
  • Teaching online? Don’t panic. Seriously.
  • AWP 2021 in San Antonio: events!
  • Yesika Salgado and I chop it up: video from 2019 LitLit Conference: Latinx/L.A. Poetics
  • Vickie in New York (and Vermont)!
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