Monica Teresa Ortizmónica teresa ortiz was born and raised in the Texas panhandle. Her work has appeared in Winter Tangerine Review, Texas Observer, Bombay Gin, black girl dangerous, and is forthcoming in the Texas Review and American SouthwesternLiterature. A co-editor of pariahs, an anthology of marginalized writers from SFA press, she is the poetry editor for Raspa Magazine. MUTED BLOOD is her first book. Read More Read Less