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Wendy C. Ortiz [1]

Listed as: 
Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Public address: 
Los Angeles, CA
California US
Email: 
excavation.memoir@gmail.com
Bio: 

Wendy C. Ortiz is the author of Excavation: A Memoir, Hollywood Notebook, and the dreamoir Bruja. 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, 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 book Amplified Urbanism. Wendy is a psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Twitter/X: 
@WendyCOrtiz
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
North Hollywood, CA
California
Website: 
https://www.wendyortiz.com [2]
Literary Agent: 
Rayhané Sanders
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
LGBTQ
Women

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/wendy_c_ortiz

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/wendy_c_ortiz [2] https://www.wendyortiz.com