Into the Blue (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781964880075)

In this debut collection of poetry from Maria d, Duarte Ortiz life in its trivialities, exential pain, and behuililing beauty is explored in a way only a poety can. With wit, determination, and a deep investigation in to the inner workings of this deletarious world we call home.

Maria d. Duarte Ortiz received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside - Palm Desert. She has published poems in Verdad Magazine and The Good Grief Journal: A Journey Toward Healing, in the anthology Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora, Los Angeles Poetry Beach 2022 and Kelp Journal. Her personal essay "Dear America" appears in Alta Journal and her Op-ed "As a 'Dreamer, ' I'm never not afraid" appeared in the LA Times. She is currently the poetry editor for Kelp Journal and a CLI Alumna.

Author: Maria D. Duarte Ortiz
ISBN-10: 1964880076
ISBN-13: 9781964880075
Publisher: Kelp Books, LLC
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 58
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d