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Wendy C. Ortiz

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Wendy C. Ortiz is a native of Los Angeles, California. She is the author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books) and Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press), both to be released in 2014. Wendy is a columnist for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and curates and hosts the Rhapsodomancy Reading Series.
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WANTED: DEATH LAMENT

  • Wendy C. Ortiz
  • April 5, 2014
the dog born March 30th who I will find 6 months from now to know what it’s like to hurl myself down the mountain for the wind to blow right…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #49: Paul of Captain Pete’s Bait & Tackle

  • Wendy C. Ortiz
  • June 8, 2013
Wendy C. Ortiz conducts a mini-interview with one of her favorite Facebook friends, who happens to be in a notorious motorcycle gang.
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview with Louise Mathias

  • Wendy C. Ortiz
  • April 27, 2013
I may have seemed in need of connection to Louise Mathias, when, upon meeting her, I gushed about what Joshua Tree meant to me. It’s true that I’m in need of connection, always, especially with poets, especially to places like the high desert
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Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eloise Klein Healy

  • Wendy C. Ortiz
  • March 23, 2013
I am struggling with that issue now as I launch into being poet laureate in Los Angeles. But it’s the same old problem, isn’t it? Just doing the work.
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