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Vickie Vértiz

Writer, Educator, Advocate

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Tag: Maywood

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 … More

710 freeway, Aida Salazar, Alameda Corridor, Bell Gardens, director, Downey, Francisco Duenas, Jorge Segura, KCET, KCET Departures, Los Angeles gardens, Mark Lopez, Maywood, self-provisioning, South Gate, southeast LA, urban gardening, Vickie Vertiz

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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