Excavation : a memoir
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Published
Portland, OR : Future Tense Books, [2014].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781892061706, 1892061708
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Waseca Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Portland, OR : Future Tense Books, [2014].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781892061706, 1892061708
Notes
General Note
"An essay entitled 'Mix tape, ' which included details from this memoir, was previously published by The nervous breakdown" -- T.p. verso.
Description
Wendy C. Ortiz was an only child and a bookish, insecure girl living with alcoholic parents in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Her relationship with a charming and deeply flawed private school teacher fifteen years her senior appeared to give her the kind of power teenagers wish for, regardless of consequences. Her teacher--now a registered sex offender--continually encouraged her passion for writing while making her promise she was not leaving any written record about their dangerous sexual relationship. This conflicted relationship with her teacher may have been just five years long, but would imprint itself on her and her later relationships, queer and straight, for the rest of her life.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ortiz, W. C. (2014). Excavation: a memoir (First edition.). Future Tense Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ortiz, Wendy C.. 2014. Excavation: A Memoir. Portland, OR: Future Tense Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ortiz, Wendy C.. Excavation: A Memoir Portland, OR: Future Tense Books, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ortiz, Wendy C.. Excavation: A Memoir First edition., Future Tense Books, 2014.
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