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Vickie Vértiz

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Tag: queer writing

“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

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

  • 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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