A lavendar graphic with a partial calendar of November with 11 circled in purple on the bottom right of the page and a sketchbook with the cover of Leticia’s chapbook, Offerings to a Tumbled Temple on it on the bottom left of the graphic. In bold purple text above these images, it says Happy Pub Day to Leticia Urieta’s Offerings to a Tumbled Temple! “On the tenth day I stayed away there is hope in holding my breath.” To purchase, check the link in bio. The Purple Ink Press logo of a purple octopus is in the top left corner
I am excited to announce that my poetry chapbook, Offerings to the Tumbled Temple, is out now from Purple Ink Press! You can purchase a copy here. Chapbooks like these make great gifts for the holidays! And if you love your local library, you can request that they stock a copy.
I am now booking for 2026 events, so if you have a bookstore, community organization or space you would like for me to visit, comment or reach out via my contact page on my website to plan further!
Paid subscribers receive a free copy of my chapbook now through December, 2025!
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Leticia Urieta is Tejana writer from Austin, TX. Leticia is a graduate of Agnes Scott College with a BA in English/Creative Writing and holds an MFA in Fiction writing from Texas State University.
She works a teaching artist in the Austin community and facilitates workshops for youth and adults.
Her creative work appears in PANK, Chicon Street Poets, Lumina, The Offing, Uncharted Magazine and many others. Leticia writes poetry and prose with a focus on speculative and horror fiction. Her mixed genre collection of poetry and prose, Las Criaturas, is out now from FlowerSong Press and her short horror collection, The Remedy is the Disease, will be released by Undertaker Books in 2026.
Leticia loves living in Austin with her husband and two dogs who are terrible work distractions. Despite all, she is fueled by sushi and breaks to watch pug videos on Instagram.
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