Do your dreams alone tell the story of your life? Wendy Ortiz presents “Bruja: A Dreamoir,” a book which consists of a series of dreams from a challenging few years. A glimpse into her subconscious, the book is mesmerizing and playful. Wendy talks about the process of creating this book and about how dreams inform her waking life. 

BIO: Wendy C. Ortiz is a writer of creative nonfiction who works in hybrid forms, essays, and memoir. She is the author of Excavation: A Memoir, Hollywood Notebook: Essays, and Bruja: A Dreamoir, all published by Northwestern University Press. Ortiz is a therapist in private practice in Los Angeles.

Find her at wendyortiz.com, BS: @wendyortiz.com, IG: @wendy.c.ortiz

This show, episode number 309, was recorded during a live broadcast on May 3, 2025 at KSQD.org, community radio of Santa Cruz.

Intro and outro music by Mood Science. Ambient music new every week by Rick Kleffel. Archived music can be found at Pandemiad.com. Many thanks to Rick for also engineering the show and to Tony Russomano for the answering the phones.

The Santa Cruz Festival of Dreams is coming October 10-12, 2025! Mark your calendars now. Check our landing page at FestivalofDream.net and FB group page HERE or follow #KeepSantaCruzDreaming on FB and IG.

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A dream can be meaningful even if you don’t know what it means.

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