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Vickie Vértiz

Writer, Educator, Advocate

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Tag: Helen Klonaris

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 … More

Amir Rabiyah, Chicana lesbians, Helen Klonaris, los angeles, Los Angeles queer writing, Michael Snediker, queer coming out stories, queer writing, softball, teenage coming out stories, The Offing, Trans-Genre Press, Vickie Vertiz

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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