by Wendy C. Ortiz
Northwestern University Press, 2025
Paper: 978-0-8101-4856-7 | eISBN: 978-0-8101-4857-4
Library of Congress Classification PS3615.R785Z46 2025b
Dewey Decimal Classification 818.607

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The dreamscape of a haunted and hopeful woman, back in print
 
Dubbed a “dreamoir,” Bruja is a bold and harrowing journey through the dream worlds of Wendy C. Ortiz. Sister memoir to Hollywood Notebook, it catalogs the happenings of the night: strange visions of the past warped by present-day inklings; animals running loose, never where they should be; familiar nature and architecture made malleable and new. Ortiz’s subconscious is bared in full on these pages as the author interrogates her histories. We bravely adventure into new literary form, walking the parallel plane of Ortiz’s waking life alongside her. Where the self is anchored in the deepest recesses of the mind, Ortiz invites us to push the boundaries of the subconscious and enter into the dreamoir.