Duarte Ortiz

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.