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Vickie Vértiz

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Tag: El Monte

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 … More

7-Eleven, Benita Morgan Bishop, Bob Mackie vintage, Chicana writers, El Monte, El Monte writers, Latino writers, Los Angeles women writers, Los Angeles writer, Mexican-American writers, South El Monte Arts Posse, Toni Margarita Plummer

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 … More

Chicano authors, Chicano literature, El Monte, Latino authors, Latino writers, los angeles, Michael Jaime-Becerra, Michael Jayme, SEMAP, Tropics of Meta, UC Riverside, UCR, Vickie Vertiz

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 … More

Aimee Suzara, Chicana poetry, El Monte, Filipina, Henry Pacheco, Legg Lake, Pinay, swallows, Vickie Vertiz, Whittier Narrows

Recent writing, news, and posts

  • 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 2020 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)!
  • To Collage, To Carry: A Fragmented Essay Writing Workshop, Sat. 8/24, NYC
  • Upcoming readings: April and May 2019
  • AWP 2019– Portland
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