Submersion by Marie Baléo

Winner of the 2021 Digging Press Chapbook Series Award. 

Marie Baléo's poems articulate dignity, admiration, and a profound kinship for Beirut, Lebanon. On September 1st, 2003, Baléo's family moved to this vibrant city for work. Submersion is a subtle love letter exquisitely expressed in lyrical and narrative verse. Experiencing this new country while coming of age, Baleo's poetry bears witness to the tug-of-war between peaceful and loving daily life and the weight of the country's history of civil strife.

The Digging Press Chapbook Series features pocket-sized books, perfect bound with square spines, as well as, original cover art and layout design. 

Cover, illustrations, layout, and book design by Cynthia Alvarez. 

Photography by Marie Baléo.

Paperback. 68 pages.
Pocketbook Size: 4.25" x 6.75"
ISBN: 978-1-7336038-5-0
Publication Date: March 2023

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About the Author

Marie Baléo is a French writer, poet, and editor living in Paris. Her work has appeared in Passages North, Split Lip, Redivider, Salamander Magazine, Tahoma Literary Review, CutBank, Rust + Moth, and Yemassee, and she earned a commendation in The Poetry Society’s 2020 National Poetry Competition. Marie runs an editorial agency and is one of the editors of Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place and Nature. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and Sciences Po.