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Rita Maria Martinez

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Rita Maria Martinez is a Cuban-American poet from Miami, Florida. Signed copies of Martinez's latest poetry collection, "The Jane and Bertha in Me," are available on her website at http://www.comeonhome.org. Each poem pays tribute to the classic novel Jane Eyre. Martinez's writing has also been published in journals including the Notre Dame Review, Ploughshares, MiPOesias, and 2River View. 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 Soc ...more

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	The Jane and Bertha in Me 4.53 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jane-in-the-Box it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monstering: The Magnum Opus by Brianna Albers (Goodreads Author) (Editor), E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author), Effie Asche 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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2020 Bronte Virtual Conference

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I'll be reading poetry from The Jane and Bertha in Me during the 2020 Bronte Virtual Conference. This promises to be a fun-packed day with an impressive line-up of authors. The conference takes place Sept 4th.

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Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1

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