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author · artist · educator

My name is Angela Velez, and I'm a Peruvian-American author, artist, and creative writing professor based in Durham, North Carolina. I teach undergraduate creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I love glitter, melodramatic television, and collecting new hobbies (currently: quilting + rollerblading).

My debut novel Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity is out now!

 

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Year three!!! The longest I’ve ever stayed at a job. Happy, happy first day of classes - I hope to have so many more of them, because students are the best. 🩵
Catching up on my J months: June is for 🇩🇰, maximalist color, and burning witches on the banks of a fjord
more pics from may 🌹🌸🌺🌷🌼🪻
Last month, I received the Kateri Tekakwitha Young Alumna Award from my high school’s alumnae org. The award is wildly special bc my novel is full of my favorite and silliest memories from hs. Lulu + Milagro’s school is suspiciously simil
A semester of spectacular: I submitted my revision for book 2 (!!!!!), the moon eclipsed the sun, my students were the absolute best, and just for LDOC, the sky was a perfect blue. Next stop: monuts! 🍩
winter break, the return of dressing for the weather you think you deserve, and my back to school mani 💅🏽🧡♥️
My first quilt for keeps! A quilt that reminds me of our wedding: the perfect sunset, the garden’s palm leaves, and the people who celebrated with us. I love it so, so much. I’ve spent the last year holding my breath, rushing and waiting
happy happy LDOC!!! Highlights from fall semester: today’s office selfie, featuring candy wrappers | avl | tablescaping with the most beautiful @blossomandboneflorals | 🛼 | 🌱| museum hopping | @whitewhalebks being the absolute best | pure pur
one year in north carolina 💙🩵
Quilted bunting for a Pittsburgh cutie!!! I started this in a new city, in a new apt, in between working on a new book and teaching at a new school. This project felt like the sweetest anchor — as life got topsy turvy, I kept coming back to it
June ☀️👯‍♀️👰🏻‍♀️🌸🍟🖤 • treasure island babes • SF • seeing the gardens for the first time • sisters • 2AM on our wedding night lol • licensed • santa barbara • summer in durham
one more, in honor of the incredible small businesses who made this day so special: Madeline drew our invitation flowers based on photos from the garden and Cynthia made my bouquet with flowers from her home garden. The pies were so amazing, my cousi