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Vickie Vértiz

Award-winning poet, writer, educator, and advocate

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Vickie Vértiz

Tag: teenage coming out stories

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 print later this year in the anthology, Writing the Walls Down: A Convergence of LGBTQ Voices, by Trans-Genre Press.

Many thanks to Helen Klonaris, Amir Rabiyah, and Michael Snediker for supporting this work.

Author Vickie VertizPosted on May 6, 2015May 6, 2015Categories NewsTags 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 VertizLeave a comment on Topless women in sheer nightgowns, burning chile, and teenage softball girls in love: my new essay is up!

The oldest child of an immigrant Mexican family, Vickie Vértiz was born and raised in Bell Gardens, a city in southeast Los Angeles County. With over 25 years of experience in social justice, writing, and education, Vértiz is an alumna of the Woodrow Wilson and Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowships. She teaches creative writing, writing for Chicanx Studies, writing for Gender Studies, summer bridge writing for EOP students, and Composition at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

  • About the Author
  • New Poetry Collection: Auto/Body
  • Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut
  • Swallows: A Chapbook
  • Publications, News, & Events
  • Booking: Speaking & Teaching Engagements
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