Overwhelm, panic, and wanting to flee were states of being in my everyday life as I tried to figure out life on my own, in the city I had grown up in, after an entire life made in Olympia, Washington… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
My relationship with my mother has always felt like the most complicated relationship of my life. I know I have a lot more writing… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
I'd like to imagine that "dreamoir" becomes a subgenre of nonfiction, maybe ultimately because I'd love to read many more dreamoirs by other writers… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
I imagine there's an undercurrent of the impact of early religious teachings and my break from what I was taught and expected to perform… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
I pay attention as much as I can. I try to surround myself with other women with magical powers and a lot falls under… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
I love indices! They are poetry in and of themselves, depending on the book. — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
The women in my family - my grandmother and my mother - have been both sources of comfort and terror. Protection was not always… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
Overwhelm, panic, and wanting to flee were states of being in my everyday life as I tried to figure out life on my own,… — Wendy C. Ortiz Copy Share Image
