"What is most immediately striking is how much of the material arrives in beautifully observed, beautifully paced scene... I found myself giving over almost wholly to the scenes...because they were so immersive and rich."
--Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers and Enon, on Martha's fiction
NEWS
Martha is featured in a podcast about her writing
"Dayenu: Dispatches from the Covid Sick Ward,", Martha's personal essay, will be featured in Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19, an anthology.
Personal Essay: On Finding Myself at a Writing Residency in Southern France
Review: "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones in the Washington Post
Interview with pianist Stephen Hough in Music & Literature
Interview with Jeffrey Colvin in Washington Independent Review of Books
Review: "This is One Way to Dance" by Sejal Shah on NPR Books
Personal Essay: "Family Trees"
Personal Essay: "My Father Died Before I Could Say Goodbye"
Review: "Cleanness" by Garth Greenwell on NPR Books
Review: "The Yellow House" by Sarah Broom on NPR Books
Sample earlier publications:
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
Review: "Later" by Paul Lisicky on NPR Books
Review : "These Ghosts Are Family" by Maisy Card in the Washington Post
Short Story: "The House with the Plexiglas Frame" in Vol.1 Brooklyn
Interview with Glory Edim/Well Read Black Girl in The Millions
Review: "Heavy" by Kiese Laymon on NPR Books
Short Story: "Polymorphia" in Catapult
"Dayenu: Dispatches from the Covid Sick Ward,", Martha's personal essay, will be featured in Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19, an anthology.
Personal Essay: On Finding Myself at a Writing Residency in Southern France
Review: "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones in the Washington Post
Interview with pianist Stephen Hough in Music & Literature
Interview with Jeffrey Colvin in Washington Independent Review of Books
Review: "This is One Way to Dance" by Sejal Shah on NPR Books
Personal Essay: "Family Trees"
Personal Essay: "My Father Died Before I Could Say Goodbye"
Review: "Cleanness" by Garth Greenwell on NPR Books
Review: "The Yellow House" by Sarah Broom on NPR Books
Sample earlier publications:
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
Review: "Later" by Paul Lisicky on NPR Books
Review : "These Ghosts Are Family" by Maisy Card in the Washington Post
Short Story: "The House with the Plexiglas Frame" in Vol.1 Brooklyn
Interview with Glory Edim/Well Read Black Girl in The Millions
Review: "Heavy" by Kiese Laymon on NPR Books
Short Story: "Polymorphia" in Catapult