POET • EDUCATOR • WRITING FACILITATOR
Vanessa Chica Writes
Grief, memory, body, reclamation & becoming.
I write toward the places we are told to make smaller—the body, the ache, the joy, the mother, the memory. Here, I make room for all of it.
Writing a life large enough to hold it all.
My work lives where grief and joy touch. I write about mothers and daughters, fatness and freedom, memory and home, the stories the body carries, and the selves we keep becoming.
Come into the work
Poetry & Books
Poems about grief, memory, body, motherhood, joy, and the complicated work of becoming.
Workshops
Writing spaces rooted in tenderness, fat liberation, memory, grief, joy, and possibility.
Performance & Community
Readings, collaborations, Live Big Movement, and rooms where we practice taking up space together.
About Vanessa
Vanessa Chica Ferreira is a Dominican New York City poet, educator, playwright, fat activist, and writing workshop facilitator. Her work asks what becomes possible when we stop abandoning the body, make room for grief, and choose joy without pretending the ache is gone.
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For readings, workshops, collaborations, and the newest writing, come find me here.
