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The Summers That Taught Us to Write

The Summers That Taught Us to Write

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What remains of the summers that made us who we are?

The Summers That Taught Us to Write is a collection of poems and essays about growing up in a Filipino household, grief, and the strange tenderness of becoming someone new.

For those who have loved and lost, and still believe in the days ahead.

What remains of the summers that made us who we are?

The Summers That Taught Us to Write is a collection of poems and essays about growing up in a Filipino household, grief, and the strange tenderness of becoming someone new.

For those who have loved and lost, and still believe in the days ahead.

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It’s raw, real, and beautifully human. July just didn’t just write a book, but she opened a door in my heart, and it felt like sitting beside someone who truly understands what it means to hope, to grow, and to be a human.

It’s raw, real, and beautifully human. July just didn’t just write a book, but she opened a door in my heart, and it felt like sitting beside someone who truly understands what it means to hope, to grow, and to be a human.

Stephanie B.

It’s raw, real, and beautifully human. July just didn’t just write a book, but she opened a door in my heart, and it felt like sitting beside someone who truly understands what it means to hope, to grow, and to be a human.

Stephanie B.

It’s raw, real, and beautifully human. July just didn’t just write a book, but she opened a door in my heart, and it felt like sitting beside someone who truly understands what it means to hope, to grow, and to be a human.

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About the Author

July Orozco is a writer, independent publisher, and website & operations specialist from the Philippines. She mainly writes poems and essays about growing up, love, grief, healing, finding yourself, & the small moments that often go unnoticed.


The Summers That Taught Us to Write is her second poetry collection. Her first collection, And This Is How It Ends, is available on Amazon.

The Summers That Taught Us to Write

November 2026

And This Is How It Ends

May 2024

Meet July

man-image

About the Author

July Orozco is a writer, independent publisher, and website & operations specialist from the Philippines. She mainly writes poems and essays about growing up, love, grief, healing, finding yourself, & the small moments that often go unnoticed.


The Summers That Taught Us to Write is her second poetry collection. Her first collection, And This Is How It Ends, is available on Amazon.

The Summers That Taught Us to Write

November 2026

And This Is How It Ends

May 2024

Meet July

man-image

About the Author

July Orozco is a writer, independent publisher, and website & operations specialist from the Philippines. She mainly writes poems and essays about growing up, love, grief, healing, finding yourself, & the small moments that often go unnoticed.


The Summers That Taught Us to Write is her second poetry collection. Her first collection, And This Is How It Ends, is available on Amazon.

The Summers That Taught Us to Write

November 2026

And This Is How It Ends

May 2024

What Readers Are Saying

July has the ability to write so genuinely. Each piece just speaks her emotions. Not all writers could write their experiences as genuine and as truthful as possible, but she did.

Lei Angeline F.

I highly recommend July Orozco's works to everyone interested in poems and poetry.

Sisa M.

It’s like July wrote what I couldn’t put into words myself. I felt so seen. There were moments I had to pause, not because I couldn’t keep reading, but because I felt seen in a way I didn’t expect. That’s a rare kind of magic.

Stephanie B.

I loved how personal this felt without being difficult to relate to. It’s the kind of writings that make you pause for a moment and think about your own life.

Yanna D.

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