There is a mountain afraid to lose its place in the landscape. One of the many lands to give back but I don’t know how. Inhale comfort into these contested terrains, extracting answer for a question unimaginable. I had a dream that José Muñoz showed up wearing a wine-town plaid sky, a blue windbreaker smiling […]
Raquel Gutiérrez
RAQUEL GUTIÉRREZ, born and raised in Los Angeles, is a critic, essayist, poet, performer, and educator. Gutiérrez's first book Brown Neon (Coffee House Press) was named as one of the best books of 2022 by The New Yorker and listed in "The Best Art Books of 2022" by Hyperallergic. Brown Neon was a 2023 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Prize for Best Lesbian Biography/Memoir and 2023 Finalist for the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses' Firework Award in Creative Nonfiction and Recipient of The Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction. A 2021 recipient of the Rabkin Prize in Arts Journalism, as well as a 2017 recipient of the The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, Gutiérrez teaches in the Oregon State University-Cascades Low Residency Creative Writing MFA Program, as well as for The Institute of American Indian Arts's (IAIA) Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing program. Gutiérrez gets to call Tucson, Arizona home. Find Raquel's work at www.raquelgutierrez.net or follow Raquel at @raquefella on Instagram and Twitter.
