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Wendy C. Ortiz
Sweet
I’m a mixture of autumn leaves and nursery rhyme, cat imitator and carnival whim. My talismans: juice of lime, scent of whiskey, the nonsense of sequins. I show you, though, hard heart like candy, the hot, stinging kind, the peppermints that burn you through but that our tongues so desire again and again.
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Wendy C. Ortiz lives in Los Angeles, California, where she was born and raised until she moved to
Olympia, Washington, where she lived for eight years. Her poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction have
been published in several literary journals, and she was awarded writing residencies at Hedgebrook in
2007 and 2009. Currently a graduate student in psychology, Wendy is co-founder and literary curator of
Rhapsodomancy, a four-year-old reading series at the Good Luck Bar in Hollywood. Her website is
www.wendyortiz.com.
