Ebook {Epub PDF} Excavation by Wendy C. Ortiz

Wendy C. Ortiz was born and raised in Los Angeles. She is the author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books, ), Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press, ), and the dreamoir Bruja (CCM). In , Bustle named her one of “9 Women Writers Who Are Breaking New Nonfiction Territory.”. Wendy C. Ortiz is the author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books, ), Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press, ), and the dreamoir Bruja (Civil Coping Mechanisms, ). In Bustle named her one of “9 Women Writers Who Are Breaking New Nonfiction Territory.”/5.  · “Excavation” is a memoir from Wendy C. Ortiz. “My Dark Vanessa” is a forthcoming novel from Kate Elizabeth bltadwin.ru: Madison Malone Kircher.

Background. Wendy C. Ortiz was born in Los Angeles, California in She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from The Evergreen State College in and lived in Olympia, Washington for eight years before returning to Los Angeles where she presently resides. While living in Olympia, Washington, Ortiz was a mudwrestler, library worker, and editor and publisher of 4th Street, a. Excavation by Wendy C. Ortiz I wanted to read this book because people were claiming that MY DARK VANESSA plagiarized content from this memoir and I wanted to read this to 1) compare both books and 2) see if there was any merit to those accusations. Personally, even though there are some similarities to the books, I find them to be pretty. Text and photos © Wendy C. Ortiz. You may not reproduce or distribute without permission of the author.

“A raw, unflinching memoir, beautifully told, Excavation is a portrait of all that roils beneath the teenage surface, a reminder of the secrets that any kid might be hiding. Ortiz is a fearless and generous storyteller, peeling back the layers of memory, exploring her parents’ alcoholism and her years-long illicit relationship with a teacher, never slipping into the easy traps of sentimentality or self-pity. In Excavation: A Memoir, the black and white of the standard victim/perpetrator stereotype gives way to unsettling grays. The present-day narrator reflects on the girl she once was, as well as the teacher and parent she has become. Wendy C. Ortiz is the author of Excavation: A Memoir (Future Tense Books, ), Hollywood Notebook (Writ Large Press, ), and the dreamoir Bruja (Civil Coping Mechanisms, ). In Bustle named her one of “9 Women Writers Who Are Breaking New Nonfiction Territory.”.