Wendy C. Ortiz

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Wendy C. Ortiz


Born
in Los Angeles , The United States
May 16, 1973

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Wendy C. Ortiz is the author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books, 2014), Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press, 2015), and the dreamoir Bruja (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2016). In 2016 Bustle named her one of “9 Women Writers Who Are Breaking New Nonfiction Territory.” Her work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The Rumpus, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the National Book Critics Circle Small Press Spotlight blog. Her writing has appeared in such venues as The New York Times, Joyland, StoryQuarterly, and a year-long series appeared at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Most recently her “Urban Liminal” series of texts appear alongside signature graphic representations of the projects of Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects in the boo

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Published on February 20, 2019 09:13 Tags: online, online-writing-workshops, workshops
Average rating: 3.77 · 3,641 ratings · 505 reviews · 12 distinct worksSimilar authors
Excavation

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Bruja

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Hollywood Notebook

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Through Clenched Teeth

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Excavation: A Memoir

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Hollywood Notebook: Essays

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Bruja: A Dreamoir

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“As I walked, I pictured the salt air and the endless water stretching out, covering the houses, crashing over the freeways, drowning out the voices of men who wish for you not to love them and the sounds of girls crying into pillows, oceans dripping from their eyes.”
Wendy C. Ortiz, Excavation

“My index finger touched the clear surface of the button that could hang up on him. I ran my finger gently over it, imagining a response if I were to push it, hearing a dial tone in place of his voice.”
Wendy C. Ortiz, Excavation

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