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Vickie Vértiz

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Tag: poetry

AWP 2019– Portland

Join Vickie for a book signing and cumbia dance party pop-up with poet Heidi Restrepo Rhodes, author of The Inheritance of … More

AWP, AWP2019, Latinx poetry, poetry

Entropy–adding to an epic poem with epic girl drama

“Susi stopped being my best friend once she got bangs and a hickey. Because I’ve heard her say it, I … More

Bell Gardens, Birdwolf XXX, Chicana, Entropy, immigrants, los angeles, middle school, poetry, Southeast Los Angeles, Vickie Vertiz, white jeans

“Pets”– a cine poem

For those with philandering fathers or a penchant for the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, I offer you a cine … More

daughters, DOlores del, fathers, Golden Age of Mexican CInema, Kenji Liu, los angeles, Luna Luna Magazine. Ruben Quesada, Maria Felix, poetry, sisters, the other woman, Vickie Vertiz

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 … More

Chicana, Chicano, Chola, los angeles, Marisela Norte, Parrafo magazine, poesia, poetry, Sesshu Foster, UCLA, Vickie Vertiz

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 … More

Aimee Suzara, book release party, carne asada, Chicana, Chicano, daughters, Emilie Coulson, family, immigrants, Kenji Liu, Legg Lake, los angeles, Maya Chinchilla, McSweeney's, Pinay Poet, poetry, South El Monte Arts Posse, swallows, Vickie Vertiz, writing

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 … More

Aimee Suzara, Carmen Gimenez-Smith, chapbook, Cherrie Moraga, collection, Finishing Line Press, Kenji Liu, Lisa Marie Rollins, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Maya Chinchilla, nonfiction, poetry, Rachelle Cruz, Ruth Forman, Self-Portrait as Rumor and Blood, swallows, The Blood Jet, The Next Big Thing, UC Riverside, Vickie Vertiz, VONA, Willie Perdomo

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.” … More

Aimee Suzara, Ching-in Chen, KPFA, Lee Herrick, Luis Rodriguez, Pacifica, Pinay Poet, poetry, swallows

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 … More

open mic, poetry, Riverside poetry, Riverside readings, youth, Youth Opportunity Center

Recent writing, news, and posts

  • 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)!
  • To Collage, To Carry: A Fragmented Essay Writing Workshop, Sat. 8/24, NYC
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