Martinez, Rita Maria

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Biography

Rita Maria Martinez is a Cuban-American poet from Miami, Florida. Her writing has been published in journals including the Notre Dame Review, Ploughshares, MiPOesias, and 2River View. She authored the chapbook Jane-in-the-Box, published by March Street Press in 2008. Her poetry also appears in the textbook Three Genres: The Writing of Fiction/Literary Nonfiction, Poetry and Drama, published by Prentice Hall; and in the anthology Burnt Sugar, Caña Quemada: Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish, published by Simon & Schuster.

Martinez has been a featured author at the Miami Book Fair International; at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida; and at the Palabra Pura reading series sponsored by the Guild Literary Complex in Chicago. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Florida International University. More information can be found on her website.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Blurb about Jane in the Box, 2008-01-12

Item — Box 77: Series Series 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: Item 17

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Blurb about Jane in the Box by Rita Maria Martinez

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2008-01-12

Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / March Street Press Collection / Editorial Archive / Folder 1

E-mail from Nin Andrews to Rita Martinez, 2008-02-04

Item — Box 77: Series Series 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: Item 18

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E-mail regarding blurbs.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2008-02-04

Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / March Street Press Collection / Editorial Archive / Folder 1

Empty envelope

Item — Box 77: Series Series 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: Item 23

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Empty envelope addressed to Rita Maria Martinez

Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012

Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / March Street Press Collection / Editorial Archive / Folder 1

Letter from Rita Maria Martinez to Rob Bixby, 2007-08-07

Item — Box 77: Series Series 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: Item 25

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Letter regarding [i]Jane-in-the-Box[/i] by Rita Maria Martinez

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 2007-08-07

Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / March Street Press Collection / Editorial Archive / Folder 1

Manuscript for Jane in the Box

Item — Box 77: Series Series 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: Item 22

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Manuscript with edits for Jane in the Box by Rita Maria Martinez

Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012

Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / March Street Press Collection / Editorial Archive / Folder 1

Manuscript for Jane in the Box

Item — Box 77: Series Series 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: Item 26

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Manuscript for Jane in the Box by Rita Maria Martinez

Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012

Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / March Street Press Collection / Editorial Archive / Folder 1

MIPOesias Revista Literaria

Item — Box 77: Series Series 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: Item 20

Scope and Contents

Poems by Rita Maria Martinez

Dates: 1987-2009; Majority of material found within Bulk 1992-2009; Other: Date acquired: 2012

Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / March Street Press Collection / Editorial Archive / Folder 1