Cindy Williams Gutiérrez is an American poet and dramatist.

Early life and education

Gutierrez was born and raised in

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. She earned an MFA from the University of Southern Maine Stonecoast Program.

Career

In 2014,

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named Gutiérrez a notable debut poet. In 2015, she was a finalist in the

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. Gutiérrez received a 2016 Oregon Literary Fellowship.

Publications

* ''the small claim of bones (Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 2014)''

References

External links

* People from Brownsville, Texas University of Southern Maine alumni American women poets Poets from Texas Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American women {{US-poet-stub