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Shawn Ortiz
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Shawn Ortiz

Writer of memoir and poetry

  • 🇺🇸 Albany, New York, United States
  • Albany Times
  • 2001 to 2016
  • English
I write memoir. My work has appeared in Albany Times and a few places that have long since closed. I write best early in the morning with a pot of tea. I bake for the whole street at New Year.

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Some of my pieces still make me wince. Some, I'm proud of.
What gifts mean to Shawn: Any gift will help me print a small run of my next book.

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    Your piece on memoir stayed with me for weeks. Greetings from Bangkok.

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    thank you for putting words to things I couldn't. Greetings from Hialeah.

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