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Vickie Vértiz

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Tag: queer Latinas

“1989 Caprice Classic,” a poem

“Is it talking dirty if you’re just listening? What you see in the picture is me. Passenger Front seat. Cinder … More

Bell Gardens, BOOM, BOOM California magazine, Carribean Fragoza, City of Commerce, Fernando Mendez Corona, queer Chicanas, queer Latinas, queer poetry, queer writing, Romeo Guzman

Vickie in New York (and Vermont)!

Chicana, femme, Latinos in Los Angeles, los angeles, New York City, palm frond, poetry readings, QTPOC, queer, queer Latinas, vermont, writing workshops

Juan Gabriel: How he helped families love their queer children– in HOY magazine

In Friday’s print edition of HOY magazine in Los ANgeles, reaching thousands of hispanohablantes, I discussed how our working-class immigrant … More

Aida Salazar, City of Maywood, hijos gay, HOY revista, Jen Hofer, Juan Gabriel, los angeles, queer Latinas, queer Latinos, queer Latinx, Roman Lujan

Recent writing, news, and posts

  • LA Times Story: Avenue 50 and other Eastside havens from gentrification
  • Every Day We Get More Illegal: City Lights Interview with Juan Felipe Herrera
  • KCET Artbound: L.A. Residents Push for More Inclusion in Gehry-Designed Arts Center
  • KCET’s Artbound: In Bell Gardens, American Legion Hall Post #465 Is an Unlikely Musical Mecca
  • 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
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