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Sonia Gutiérrez
Sonia Gutiérrez (poet, writer, and author) was born on February 27, 1975. Sonia Gutiérrez is the recipient of the Tomás Rivera Book Award 2021 for her novel Dreaming with Mariposas (FlowerSong Press, 2020). In 2021, Dreaming with Mariposas also received an honorable mention for the Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Fiction Award from the International Latino Book Awards. She is the author of Spider Woman / La Mujer Araña (Olmeca Press, 2013) and co-editor for The Writer’s Response (Cengage Learning, 2016). She teaches critical thinking and writing, and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Her bilingual poetry collection, Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma, is forthcoming Fall 2022. Presently, she is working on her first illustrated book, The Adventures of a Burrito Flying Saucer, and teaching in cyberland.

Education
Sonia Gutiérrez earned a Bachelor's degree in Literature and Writing Studies with a minor in Women's Studies and a Master's degree in Literature and Writing Studies with an emphasis in writing at at California State University San Marcos.

Awards

 * Tomás Rivera Book Award for Older Readers for Dreaming with Mariposas. Texas State University San Marcos, 2021
 * Honorable Mention for The Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Fiction Book Award for Dreaming with Mariposas. International Latino Book Awards, 2021

Novel

 * 1) Dreaming with Mariposas. FlowerSong Press, 2020.

Textbook

 * 1) The Writer’s Response: A Reading-Based Approach to College Writing 6th ed, edited by Stephen McDonald, William Salomone, Sonia Gutiérrez, and Martin Japtok. Cengage Learning, 2017.

Bilingual Poetry Collection

 * 1) Spider Woman / La Mujer Araña. Olmeca Press, 2013.

Forthcoming

 * 1) Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma. FlowerSong Press, 2022.
 * 2) The Adventures of a Burrito Flying Saucer. Canto Hondo Press.

In Progress

 * 1) Soñando con butterflies. Translated by Violeta Orozco. (Novel)
 * 2) Sana sana colita de rana (Bilingual poetry collection)
 * 3) “I’ve Died So Many Times in My Imagination” (Essay)

Reviews, Essays, and Articles in Literary Magazines and Newspapers

 * 1) “El canto hondo de Francisco X. Alarcón en tiempos de racismo y xenofobía: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca.” La palabra: Revista de literatura y cultura hispanense, núm. 6, Feb. 2016.
 * 2) “Woman Rising: Women Painting in Community.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 3 Feb. 2013.
 * 3) Death of a Mauve Bat by Rick Lupert. Review. Hinchas de Poesía, issue 8, 15 Nov. 2012.
 * 4) “Face to Face with La Bloga.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 6 Jan. 2012.
 * 5) “José Inés García ‘The Modern Troubadour’: The PoliticKs of American Literature.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 29 Jan. 2012.
 * 6) “Valentine’s Day Rooted in Bloodshed.” The Pride Newspaper. 2000
 * 7) “Mano a Mano: The Painted Hand Exhibit Comes to CSUSM.” The Pride Newspaper. 2000.
 * 8) “The Future of Latino/a Greeks on CSUSM Campus.” The Pride Newspaper. 2000.

Prose in Journals, Anthologies, and Zines

 * 1) “Cholas Falsas” and “The Guayaba Tree.” Faultline: Journal of Art and Letters, vol 30, spring 2021, University of California, Irvine, 2021. pp. 36-44.
 * 2) “The Dream Story.” Journal X. Cabrillo College. p. 71.
 * 3) “In the Time of Memories and Dreams.” The Dreaming Machine, Dec. 2020.
 * 4) “The Story of the First Year" and "Renegades.” Cloud Women's Quarterly Journal ~ Spring Equinox Edition 202, vol. 16, April 2021.
 * 5) “Sofía, ¿qué soñaste?” The Dreaming Machine, Dec. 2020.
 * 6) “Cholas Falsas.” La Chola Conference. Miracosta College.
 * 7) “Freckled Like My Skin,” “The Mango and Mambo Days,” and “The Story of the First Year.” Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century. Edited by Pam Ushuck and Luis Alberto Urrea et al. RavensWord Writers, 2020.
 * 8) “Teresa and the Birds Inside.” London Journal of Fiction, issue 1, 25 Sept. 2016.
 * 9) “Big Bad Wolves” and “In the Time of Memory and Dreams.” Sunshine Noir II. City Works Press, 2015.
 * 10) “La Tamalera,” “Alicia in the Company of Men,” and “Las Muy Muy.” Huizache: The Magazine of Latino Literature. CentroVictoria, 2014. pp. 75-82.
 * 11) “Tomasito,” “Mother and Her Scissors,” and “A Window of Her Own.” Storyacious: Feasting on Words, 26 Dec. 2013.
 * 12) “En el tiempo de las memorias y los sueños.” FRONTERA-ESQUINA: Revista Mensual de Poesía, vol. 23, 1 Nov. 2013.
 * 13) “The Grown Man.” Unheard Voices of Redemption. 2013. p. 70.
 * 14) “Freckled Like My Skin.” Café Enchilado, issue 1, 23 Sept. 2013.
 * 15)  “The Wind in My Hair,” “Make Believe,” and “La Migra Chasing My Mind.” Hinchas de Poesía, issue 9, 20 Mar. 2013.
 * 16) “The Wind in My Hair.” Santanero #8.
 * 17) “Locked Up in the Mind,” “El Borracho,” “American Cats Mean More Than a Woman’s Body,” and “The Day Paco Almost Had a Heart Attack.” UC Merced AlternaCtive PublicaCtions, 23 May 2011.
 * 18) “Green Dollar Dream” and “Rocky Girls.” City Works Literary Journal. San Diego City Works Press, 2010. pp. 43-45.
 * 19) “El huevo.” Mujeres de Maíz Flor y Canto 13 Baktun: Return of the Wisdom of Our Elders, issue 8, 2010, p.14.
 * 20) “The Laundry Mat.” Lavandería: A Mixed Load of Women, Wash, and Word. City Works, 2009. pp 217-19.
 * 21) “El huevo.” Mujeres de Maíz Flor y Canto La Sagrada, issue 7, Mar. 2009. p.35.
 * 22) “Sincronización.” Garabatos: The Best of 1999 to 2002, spring 2003, p. 19.
 * 23) “Sincronización.” Garabatos, spring 2001, pp. 25-26.

Poetry
of El Tecolote. Acción Latina, 2017.
 * 1) “Rising Rosa.” Bravura. 2022. forthcoming
 * 2) “Beyond the Veil in Cabo” / “Más allá del velo en Cabo.” Hipérbole Frontera, 1 Mar. 2022.
 * 3) “One Day I Could See Death,” “Resurrection,” “Saliendo de la piedra,” and “An American Landscape.” The Nueva York Poetry Review, 27 Mar. 2021.
 * 4) “One Day I Could See Death.” La Tolteca Zine, 16 Sept. 2020.
 * 5) “Grief Came to Find Me”/“El pesar vino a buscarme.” Secretaría de Cultura de Baja California. Tijuana, 2020.
 * 6) “When Morning Comes,” “Cosmos,” and “Rising Rosa.” KPFA Radio, 18 April 2020.
 * 7) “The Medicine Garden.” Wanda’s Picks Radio Show, 3 April 2020.
 * 8) “Lo que hacen los poemas”/“What Poems Do,” “Los libros”/“The Books,” “La maza y cantera de una poeta”/“A Poet’s Mallet and Quarry” and “Mi bandera.” Emma Gunst, 24 July 2019.
 * 9) “What Poems Do.” SanDiegoFreePress.org, 2 April 2018.
 * 10) “Days of Thunder”/“Días de estruendo.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 27 Mar. 2018.
 * 11) “An American Landscape.” Central Coast Poetry Shows. 7 Mar. 2018.
 * 12) “You Became the Seasons When You Left”/“Te convertiste en las estaciones cuando te fuiste.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 13 Feb. 2018.
 * 13) “From the Shovel to the Guitar”/“De la pala a la guitarra.” “Best Poems of 2017.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 23 Jan. 2018.
 * 14) “Eulogy for Súper Pancho from The Land of Maíz”/“Elogio para Súper Pancho de La Tierra del Maíz”/ “Eulogy for Súper Pancho from La Tierra del Maíz.” UC Merced AlternaCtive PublicaCtions, Dec. 2017.
 * 15) “Grief Came to Find Me.” Tidepools, 2017. p. 119.
 * 16) “Rising Rosa.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 10 Oct. 2017.
 * 17) “The Garden of Dreams.” Poetry in Flight/Poesía en vuelo: Anthology in Celebration
 * 1) “A Chicano Poet”/“Un poeta chicano.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 24 Jan. 2017.
 * 2) “Notes on the Holy Ghost and Her Atheist Daughter.” “Best Poems of 2016.”
 * 3) La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 7 Jan. 2017.
 * 4) “Notes on the Holy Ghost and Her Atheist Daughter.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 1 Nov. 2016.
 * 5) “Dador de Poemas”/“Giver of Poems.” Soñadores: We Came to Dream. CantoHondo/DeepSong Books, 2016, p. 35.
 * 6) “Van Gogh’s Border Eaters.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 27 Sep. 2016.
 * 7) Puertas”/“Doors.” Bilingual Volume of the San Diego Poetry Annual. 2015-16. Garden Oak Press, 2016.
 * 8) “Mi bandera”/“My Flag” and “Grandchildren of the United Fruit Company.” Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice. Edited by Francisco X. Alarcón and Odilia Galván Rodríguez. University of Arizona Press, 2016.
 * 9) “Dador de Poemas”/“Giver of Poems.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 2 Feb. 2016.
 * 10) “Strange Bird.” Konch Magazine, Jan. 2016.
 * 11) “Wicked World.” Silver Birch Press (Me, as a Child Series), 6 April 2015.
 * 12) “When Morning Comes.” Yay! LA, 15 April 2015.
 * 13) “Dicen” / “They Say.” Bilingual Volume of the San Diego Poetry Annual. 2014-15. Garden Oak Press, 2015.
 * 14) “The Garden of Dreams”/“El Jardín de Los Sueños.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 6 Oct. 2015.
 * 15) “Laughing Monkeys” / “Changos riendo.” “La Bloga’s “Ray Gonzalez in Minneapolis,
 * 16) Con Tinta NaPoMo 2015 y Más.” La Bloga, 12 April 2015.
 * 17) “Children of the United Fruit Company.” SanDiegoFreePress.org, 8 April 2015.
 * 18) “Puertas” / “Doors.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 24 Mar. 2015.
 * 19) “Obleas de papel.” Tres en suma: Espacio de arte. La N° 16, 13 Mar. 2015.
 * 20) “Los huesos hablan” / “Bones Speak.” “On-Line Floricanto: 13 for the 43.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children’s Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 12 Nov. 2015.
 * 21) “Tinta roja” / “Red Ink.” “On-line Floricanto for Día de los Muertos.” La Bloga, 4 Nov. 2014.
 * 22) “Tinta roja.” Tijuana poética, 2014, no. 7.
 * 23) “Six-Word Memoir.” La Bloga,19 Oct. 2014.
 * 24) “Pétalos rojos Bakr en la playa.” Tijuana poética, no. 6, Oct. 2014.
 * 25) “pesadilla hollywoodense.” Tijuana poética, no. 5. Aug. 2014.
 * 26) “Nadie nos preguntó,” “pesadilla hollywoodense,” and “Palabras.” Revista Ombligo.
 * 27) “Mundo preescolar” and “Ni gallo, ni pájaro, ni humano.” Revista Ombligo.
 * 28) “Bakr Red Petals on the Beach” / “Pétalos rojos Bakr en la playa.” Humanize Palestine.com, 25 July 2014.
 * 29) “Ni gallo, ni pájaro, ni humano.” Palabra: Suplemento Cultural, 20 July 2014.
 * 30) “Grandchildren of the United Fruit Company.” Poet’s Café KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles. Facebook, 14 July 2014.
 * 31) “Nadie nos preguntó.” Tijuana poética, no. 4, July 2014.
 * 32) “Nobody Asked Us.” Xanath Carraza. “People, Places and Poetry.” La Bloga, 21 April 2014.
 * 33) “Like Dragonflies” / “Como las libélulas.” Bilingual Volume of the San Diego Poetry Annual 2013-14. Garden Oak Press, 2014.
 * 34) “Tell Me about Perspective” / “Háblame de perspectiva.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 7 Jan. 2014.
 * 35) “The Memography of a Spider Woman.” Dir. Tara Evonne Trudell. YouTube, 2013, 17. Oct. 2013.
 * 36) “What Poems Do” / “Lo que hacen los poemas.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 17 Sept. 2013.
 * 37) “Zapatos Ensueños de Arizona” and “Tú eres 1070.” FRONTERA-ESQUINA: Revista
 * 38) Mensual de Poesía, vol. 20, 1 Sept. 2013.
 * 39) “The Memography of a Spider Woman” and “Femme Fatale and Their Fixations.” Santanero #8.
 * 40) “El viaje,” “Canción para una civilización nueva,” “El palo de escoba, la gata y el coño de la bruja,” “Reencarnación,” “Dafne verde,” “Fairy Tale (Cuento de adas),” “Vistazos fugaces de una  luciérnaga,” and “El año del caballo.” FRONTERA-ESQUINA: Revista Mensual de Poesía, vol. 13, Feb. 2013.
 * 41) “Song for a New Civilization.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 21 Jan. 2013.
 * 42) “Herencia” / “Legacy.” “Best Poems of 2012.” La Bloga, 1 Jan. 2013.
 * 43) “Herencia” / “Legacy.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 13 Nov. 2012.
 * 44) “The Calculated World of Monsters”/“El calculado mundo de los monstruos.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 18 Sept. 2012.
 * 45) “My Heart Is a Strawberry Field” / “Mi corazón es un campo de fresas.” Pulsión Frontera—Border Beat 2011-12: Bilingual Volume of the San Diego Poetry Annual 2011-12. Garden Oak Press, 2012.
 * 46) “Memografía.” Narr. Victoria Rodríguez. Letras al Aire Radio Show. Fusión, 12 June 2012.
 * 47) “Araña en la maraña” and “Mi corazón es un campo de fresas.” contratiempo: pensamiento y arte latinoamericano en USA, April, vol. 93, p. 3.
 * 48) “The Books” / “Los libros.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 3 Mar. 2012.
 * 49) “san valentín,” “Araña en la maraña,” Mi corazón es un campo de fresas,” and “Memografía.” FRONTERA-ESQUINA: Revista Mensual de Poesía, vol. 1. Feb. 2012.
 * 50) “Entrenched” / “Atrincherada.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 7 Jan 2012.
 * 51) “La masa y cantera de una poeta.” “10 Best Poems of 2011.” La Bloga, 3 Jan. 2011.
 * 52) “La masa y cantera de una poeta” / “The Poet’s Mallet and Quarry.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 6 Dec. 2011.
 * 53) “The Passing.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 3 Nov. 2011.
 * 54) “Brown Child.” Turtle Island to Abya Yala: A Love Anthology of Art and Poetry by Native American and Latina Women. Malinalli Press, 2011.
 * 55) “My Heart Is a Strawberry Field.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 19 July 2011.
 * 56) “Memografía” / “Memography.” San Diego Annual Poetry Anthology (2010-2011). AuthorHouse, 2011.
 * 57) “My Flag.” Magee Park Poets Anthology. Carlsbad: Friends of Carlsbad City Library, 2011.
 * 58) “Memografía.” Narr. Candice Carrazco. “México en el concierto internacional de la Migración: Aportaciones y desafíos.” Radio Universidad Guadalajara. Radio Maratón 1812, 16. Dec. 2010.
 * 59) “Memografía” / “Memography.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 29 Sep. 2010.
 * 60) “Fishing Bait.” “On-Line Floricanto.” La Bloga, 24 Aug. 2010.
 * 61) “Indian Giver.” La Revista Literaria de El Tecolote. “Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary,” vol. 40, no. 15, 28 July 2010.
 * 62) “Del machete a la pala” / “From the Machete to the Shovel.” The San Diego Annual Poetry Anthology (2009-10). AuthorHouse, 2010. pp. 238-39.
 * 63) “Shattered Beer Bottles.” Fringe Magazine: The Verb That Rocks Your World. Vintage, issue 21, 28 Dec. 2009.
 * 64) “La nube me persigue.” Antología poética: Mar de nubes, 1 May 2007.
 * 65) “Aire de complicidad,” “Air of Complicity,” “Bienvenido a la Ciudad de Valladolid,” “Welcome to the Ancient City of Valladolid,” “Hecho en América,” “Made in América,” “Perro callejero,” “Stray Dog,” “san valentín,” and “st. valentine.” Revista Voces, 1 Jan. 2007.
 * 66) “Shattered Beer Bottles." Fringe Magazine: The Verb That Rocks Your World, issue 2, 3 Feb. 2006.
 * 67) “Cuento de hadas (Fairy Tale).” CRATE: A Journal of Literary Borders and Boundaries, issue 1, 2005, pp. 11-13.
 * 68) “Made in América.” Pride Literary Supplement. Spring 2004, p. 15.

Translations

 * 1) Castillo, Ana. “After tasting (the apple).” Translated by Sonia Gutiérrez. The San Diego Annual Poetry Annual (2017-18). AuthorHouse, 2018.
 * 2) Guzman Lopez-Adolfo. “A Room Minus Eleven.” Translated by Olga García and Sonia Gutiérrez. The San Diego Annual Poetry Annual (2017-18). AuthorHouse, 2018.
 * 3) Ibarra Mateos, Marcela. “Mother, If I Disappear, Where Do I Go?” Translated by Sonia Gutiérrez. “On-Line Floricanto: 13 for the 43.” La Bloga: Chicana, Chicano, Latina, Latino, & More. Literature, Writers, Children's Literature, News, Views & Reviews, 7 Jan. 2014.
 * 4) García Echeverría, Olga. “Ana Leticia Armendáriz: Killing Cockroaches.” Translated by Sonia Gutiérrez. La Torre de Babel 2014. Centro Cultural Tijuana.
 * 5) Martinez, John. “You Must Listen and Then Speak.” Translated by Sonia Gutiérrez. FRONTERA-ESQUINA: Revista Mensual de Poesía, vol. 14, Mar. 2013.
 * 6) Curiel, Jhonnatan. “The Lift.” Translated by Sonia Gutiérrez. The San Diego Annual Poetry Annual (2011-12). AuthorHouse, 2012.
 * 7) García, Olga. “I Will Reformulate My Father.” Translated by Sonia Gutiérrez. YouTube, 9 Oct. 2011.
 * 8) García, Olga. “I Will Reformulate My Father.” Translated by Sonia Gutiérrez. The San Diego Annual Poetry Annual (2011-12). AuthorHouse, 2012.
 * 9) Lucero, Tomás H. “They Painted You with Fine Brushes.” Translated by Sonia Gutiérrez. The San Diego Annual Poetry Annual (2010-11). AuthorHouse, 2011. p. 169.