Cindy Williams Gutiérrez

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Belonging

Poet-dramatist Cindy Williams Gutiérrez is the author of three poetry collections and five produced plays. Her awards include Poets & Writers Magazine 2014 Notable Debut Poet, 2015 International Latino Book Award Finalist, 2016 Oregon Literary Fellowship, 2017 Oregon Book Award for Drama and 2018 Willow Books Editor’s Choice Poetry Selection. In 2022, her choreopoem In the Name of Forgotten Women was acclaimed as “a vibrant call to action” by Willamette Week. Her poems have appeared in Harvard’s Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, PSU’s Portland Review, Benedictine University’s Quiddity, among others. Cindy is inspired by the silent and silenced voices of history, herstory and her own story.