Into the Blue

By Barbara DeMarco Barrett

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1964880076
• ISBN13: 9781964880075
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Kelp Books, LLC
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"