Writings
Voting Booth After Dark: Despicable, Embarrassing, Repulsive (Book)
The Voting Booth After Dark by Vanessa Libertad Garcia is a gripping narrative that follows a group of gay & lesbian Latino club kids during the course of the 2008 presidential elections.
Bloody Fucking Hell (Book): In Development
Bloody Fucking Hell is a collection of poetry that chronicles the splendor, torture, and confusion I experienced as a lesbian falling in love with various straight women.
The Blockbuster Exclusive Academy
The Blockbuster Exclusive Academy is a gut busting blog by 2 best friends that features Rewritten summaries/Lazy Reviews of the greatest atrocities ever forced upon humanity: Blockbuster Exclusives.
“Civil Rites: A Play for Us by Us” for SPIKE MAGAZINE (Review)
Spike Magazine publishes my review of the amazing Company of Angels’ Theatrical Play Civil Rites, which was written and performed by non-actors — the homeless and working poor of the Downtown LA area.
“Being Cuban, One Afternoon at a Time” (Essay)
March 2011 Essay for Tiki Tiki Blog!
“The Birth of Embarrassing, Despicable, Repulsive” for INDIGEST MAGAZINE (Article)
InDigest Magazine
Article chronicles how my book The Voting Booth After Dark:
“In Italics: Queer Latino Nuances in American Literature” for LAMBDA LITERARY (Essay)
September 2010
Featured Essay in Lambda Literary
Read "In Italics: Queer Latino
“Enmeshed: Gay & Lesbian Latino-Americans” for SPIKE MAGAZINE (Article)
Spike Magazine
This article is about the subculture at the core of The Voting Booth
Review of The Heavens Weep for Us & Other Stories
June 2010 Vanessa reviews the tender and moving book The Heavens Weep for Us & Other Stories on Amazon.com.
“Killer of Sheep”: Bloody Fucking Hell (Excerpt)
Billie Holiday sang in a film
A woman danced with a man
to her voice
Distant at first,
“The B Job”: Bloody Fucking Hell (Excerpt)
Published by Lambda Literary 2010
Mundane routine
sharpens its blade
en la
“Need”: Voting Booth After Dark (Excerpt)
The warmth of a pair of perfume scented arms
As they wrap around your heaving
