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Vickie Vértiz

Writer, Educator, Advocate

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Tag: South El Monte Arts Posse

Lost Girl: Tales of Loving and Leaving El Monte

Having narrowly escaped death, what Benita had to say couldn’t wait. The day she found her old journal in a … More

7-Eleven, Benita Morgan Bishop, Bob Mackie vintage, Chicana writers, El Monte, El Monte writers, Latino writers, Los Angeles women writers, Los Angeles writer, Mexican-American writers, South El Monte Arts Posse, Toni Margarita Plummer

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

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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