"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 won the 2020 Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction for her novel THREE MUSES, forthcoming from Regal House Publishing Autumn 2022!
Martha moderated a panel of 5 writers discussing Brown in America: Community Culture and Code, at Austin's Malvern Books
Regal House Publishing blog about the origins of Three Muses
Review: "At Night All Blood is Black," by David Diop, transl. by Anna Moschovakis on Words Without Borders
Review: "The Book Collectors," by Delphine Minoui, transl. by Lara Vergnaud on NPR Books
Review: "The Upswing" by Robert D. Putnam & Shalyn Romney Garett on NPR Books
Review: "The National Road," by Tom Zoellner on NPR Books
Review: "Let My People Vote," by Desmond Meade on NPR Books
"Dayenu: Dispatches from the Covid Sick Ward,", Martha's personal essay, featured in Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19.
Personal Essay: On Finding Myself at a Writing Residency in Southern France
Interview with pianist Stephen Hough in Music & Literature
Personal Essay: "Family Trees"
Personal Essay: "My Father Died Before I Could Say Goodbye"
Sample earlier publications:
Martha is featured in a podcast about her writing
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
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
Martha moderated a panel of 5 writers discussing Brown in America: Community Culture and Code, at Austin's Malvern Books
Regal House Publishing blog about the origins of Three Muses
Review: "At Night All Blood is Black," by David Diop, transl. by Anna Moschovakis on Words Without Borders
Review: "The Book Collectors," by Delphine Minoui, transl. by Lara Vergnaud on NPR Books
Review: "The Upswing" by Robert D. Putnam & Shalyn Romney Garett on NPR Books
Review: "The National Road," by Tom Zoellner on NPR Books
Review: "Let My People Vote," by Desmond Meade on NPR Books
"Dayenu: Dispatches from the Covid Sick Ward,", Martha's personal essay, featured in Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19.
Personal Essay: On Finding Myself at a Writing Residency in Southern France
Interview with pianist Stephen Hough in Music & Literature
Personal Essay: "Family Trees"
Personal Essay: "My Father Died Before I Could Say Goodbye"
Sample earlier publications:
Martha is featured in a podcast about her writing
Martha is interviewed for LitHub's "Secrets of the Book Critics" series
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