Mónica Teresa Ortiz

Born and raised in the Texas Panhandle, Mónica Teresa Ortiz is a poet and the author of muted blood, published by Black Radish Books in 2018, and winner of the inaugural Host Publications Chapbook Prize for autobiography of a semiromantic anarchist, published in 2019.

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A multimedia collage of plants from the garden (marigolds and mint) planted into grave-like shapes in the background.

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Straight, No Chaser

In the U.S., mass graves have been uncovered as developers unearth land for future projects. People claim we are experiencing the pandemic collectively — but economically, politically, and geographically, we…

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Oct 8, 2020

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Birth of The Nintendo Generation

It was the end of my innocence when I realized that being Black or being Queer in this country could get you killed. This was the time before Hurricane Katrina,…

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Sep 26, 2016

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Burials in the Mist of Dawn

“But unlike the missing 43 from Ayotzinapa, I was going home. And it’s what I store in my memory each time I read an article or update about the disappeared.…

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Jan 5, 2015

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Fumigation: A Love Story

“Delilah takes up mansion-sized space in your head. She bought property the first time you kiss in Adams Park.”

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Oct 28, 2014

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Straight, No Chaser

Birth of The Nintendo Generation

Burials in the Mist of Dawn

Fumigation: A Love Story