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Vickie Vértiz

Writer, Educator, Advocate

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KCET Story: Third-annual Southeast L.A. River Arts Festival held entirely online

Where else are you going to see a Latinx Bob Ross in huaraches this weekend? And naturally, Beto RosSela (see … More

art, Art Walks, Bell, Bell Gardens, California, Chicas Rockeras Southeast LA, Cudahy, DIY, Downey, entrepreneurship, home, Huntington Park, Los Angeles artists, los angeles dance, Los Angeles writing, Lynwood, Paramount, South Gate, southeast LA, Southeast Los Angeles, women, writing

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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